Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Cyberspace Chapter 11

Can the internet be censored? I have personally never had my computer's internet censored in anyway since I've used it, so I have no experience on any censoring or privacy protection improvements or programs that they've made. Even in the text, the majority of parents, more than 80%, in online households set limits on their children's use of the internet and keep an eye on what the children do online (Strate, 199). The internet is very easy to navigate through, and any person of any age can surf the net at their own free will. The text also states how 92.8% of websites have no content that's rated over 1 in the RSACi scale, I don't know when exactly this article was written but I find that hard to believe. The RSACi rating was what I found the most intriguing, because in today's world entertainment through video games, movies, books, and etc. is far more graphic then they used to be.

Being a gamer myself, I've seen a huge increase in violence in modern video games compared to old video games. Besides the drastic change in graphical material produced, the games have become highly gruesome. The top selling games in the world have gradually become the most violent video games out there. New companies are starting to make games that just exploit gore, thinking that they will sell well. Our generation has almost grown accustomed to violence, the highest grossing movies, games, television shows, and etc. have a rated over 1 RSACi rating. I don't think content on the internet will ever be controlled simply because the internet is built to entertain and establish an easier work environment.

Here is a video that demonstrates how difficult online censorship is and the problems they will continue to face in the upcoming future.

The text also describe attempts that several blockers have tried but they proved to be insensitive, blocking sites dealing with breast cancer and safe sex merely due to the presence of off-limit words (Strate, 199). Will it ever be perfected? Truthfully, it might have already been done but it's useless because their is always a way around it with it comes to electronics.

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