What is censoring

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Introduction

• What is censoring?
• Censoring in the world
• Controversial
• Music, TV, books
• Multiple levels
• Government, office, school, library, parents
• Topics
• Profanity, nudity, violence, controversial themes

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Introduction

• Censoring the web
• More controversial
• Not public
• Affects you everywhere
• Same levels
• More topics
• Minority rights, historical events, medications,
  games

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The Censors Government

• China
• The Great Firewall of China
• a.k.a The Golden Field Project
• democracy, freedom and human rights
• International news sites, certain religious
  movements
• Wikipedia, youtube, livejournal
• Certain words in blogs, message boards and chat
  rooms

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The Censors Government

• China cont.
• Any obscenity or pornography
• 50,000 internet police
• Jail sentence of up to 10 years for internet
  crimes
• 54 people serving time as of 2005
• Issues for foreign content providers
• Google, Yahoo, Skype, Windows Live Spaces

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The Censors Government

• France and Germany
• Racist topics (Nazis, Holocaust, Ku Klux Klan)
• The U.S.
• ACLU has prevented censoring
• Sites inappropriate for minors
• Fines up to 500,000
• Jail sentence up to 6 months

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The Censors Government

• Goals
• Maintain peace
• Uphold government image
• Keep adult content away from minors
• Ethical Issues
• Keeping cultural and historical information away
  from citizens

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The Censors Local, Personal

• Office, Library, School and Parents
• Rely on software packages
• Not tailored, hard to adjust
• Blocks appropriate content
• Medical sites blocked for drugs
• Allows inappropriate content
• Images can easily get through filters
• Blocks questionable content
• games, personal email, social networking sites

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The Censors Local, Personal
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The Censors Local, Personal

• Goals
• Keep employees on task
• Prevent illegal actions
• Keep adult content away from minors
• Ethical issues
• Removing down time
• Taking away personal life

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The Topics

• Sex
• Violence
• Weapon making
• Terrorism
• Gay Rights
• Feminism
• Games
• Gambling
• Tasteless
• Racism/Hate
• Illegal substances

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The Topics

• Goals
• Avoid offending anyone
• Prevent hate, racism, and violence
• Stop illegal actions
• Ethical Issues
• Most topics have no legal constraints
• Controlling expression and knowledge

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Long Term Effects

• Office
• Employees unable to socialize or relax
• School
• Students only know about appropriate
  information
• Economy
• Cant own bad material
• Government
• Cant say democracy

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Conclusion

• Goals
• Keep peace, avoid violence
• Uphold image
• Productivity
• Protect minors
• Ethical Issues
• Controlling expression
• Hiding cultural and historical information
• Could lead to a big brother future

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