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The supporters of censorship on a global level provide yet another means for people to dissociate themselves from responsibility and for those in power to maintain absolute control. By removing the neutrality and freedom of the internet, the powers that be secure their influence over the young and impressionable web-audience. This removal of freedoms decreases a person’s civil liberties and dilutes the condition of the public opinion.

Censoring the internet will have negative effects. The internet is a medium of communication that allows any one with access to be heard and to hear others. This allows the exchanging of ideas and information that benefits everyone. Peers can collaborate on works across the world; cultures can exchange ideas and learn from each other. Regulating or censoring this valuable medium of communication would restrict the exchange of information and hinder progress. In the United States, such censorship would violate the right of free speech.

When I download music "illegally" I do it as more of a preview to decide whether or not I want to support the band. I use them to guage my respect for the band. I will not ever buy an album of a band that I have never heard before because that could turn out to be a horrible investment if the band is terrible. I feel like record companies should look at free music downloads more as marketing than as illegal activity worthy of legal action. I also understand more people than not do not download for the same reasons as I do.

It has become an issue where a "Social Networking Site" have now become a sight for companies to check out future employees and even current ones, and asses if they are fit for employment.

While growing up at a time where online games have become exponentially larger and more complex, the amount of time our younger generations spend starting into imaginary computers screens has also increased exponentially.  I have noticed myself and friends, at times playing these games for hours on end.  I believe online games are a major contributor to the large percentages of young people and

If you have Comcast internet, you may have noticed that they throttle Bittorrent traffic.  If you live in the Middle East (and places in the Far East), when going to a site that has speech against the ideals of the current regime, you are met with a message letting you know that they’re protecting you from dangerous people on the Internet.  Internet Censorship is a fancy way to tell people what they can and cannot do with ideas and information.  The fact that governments use this to control what their people think about the outside world is evidence of the problem.