Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Blog #4 Censorship
One thing that struck me in class yesterday, was Censorship. We talked about how the United States is a strong defender of free speech. I only agree with this to a certain extext. When it comes to what children are exposed to, there should be some stipulations. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 talks about this in more detail. I feel that no child should be able to access porn or derogatory sites on the internet. I have seen commercials where parents are asked to monitor their children on the internet. For that reason, many parents and adult relatives have facebook pages and other trending communication site pages. I do feel that it helps control what children are putting on the internet, but we also need to monitor the sites that are allowed as pop-ups and various other things. Personally, I have a lot of younger neices and nephews, of whom I am very protective. I feel there is enough exposure to sex and violence in everyday life and they dont need any additional influences.
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I do believe that this is a very important topic. I am glad that the government is recognizing this as a problem and are taking measures. Something that my parents did when we were younger was to use the parental controls. It was through AOL and it limited the pages that we could visit. And there was a time limit that was in place so that we couldn't be on for too long, it would log us out. I feel that small things such as these go a long way to keep children safe.
ReplyDeleteIn my own mind, I feel that censorship is a form of cancer. When you talk about kids, it's a different story. Sure we have the technology to limit what they watch on TV and on a computer, but eventually kids get smart enough to just go over to a friends house that has parents that don't care. It's in the parents hands to keep them away from derogatory things they don't want them to see. If I had a child, they would not be allowed to use the internet at all until about the age of 15. In any other case, say as on the radio, you will hear edited songs and on TV you will see edited movies. This is all for the kids, of course, and it's right to do that, but I feel as if people and kids that do understand what's going on behind that edit are unimpressed. It takes away the right of free speech. I'm not saying that everything should be uncensored, but start at the root. If you don't want your child hearing offensive music, don't expose them to it.
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