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__**Internet censorship**__

[|Debate]

The internet is the fastest growing and largest tool for mass communication and information distribution in the world. It can be used to distribute large amounts of information anywhere in the world at a minimal cost. In the last ten years there has been increasing concern about damaging internet content from violence and sexual content to bomb-making instructions, terrorist activity and child pornography. Even if moral arguments surrounding internet censorship can be justified there remain practical problems with the regulation of such an international concept.

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__**How internet censorship works**__ ([|Howstuffworks]) One of the early nicknames for the [|Internet] was the "information superhighway" because it was supposed to provide the average person with fast access to a practically limitless amount of data. For many users, that's exactly what accessing the Internet is like. For others, it's as if the information superhighway has some major roadblocks in the form of **Internet censorship**.

A decision by a number of UK internet providers to block a Wikipedia page showing an image of a naked girl has angered users of the popular site. Sarah Robertson, of the Internet Watch foundation, and David Gerard, of Wikipedia, discuss if censorship of the internet should be allowed.
 * __Should the internet be censored__**? ([|BBC Radio 4]) December, 2008

__**Internet Wars**__ ([|site]) The Alex Jones show, because there's a war on for your mind. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. The fact that the British government is censoring prisonplanet.com, infowars.com etc is a big victory for us. It shows that we're hurting them badly. When they carried out their attack back on 7/7 in 2005 with the London bombings when you typed Londong bombing or bombing for at least a month straight under the term bombing or London bombing, the number one thing was prison.com links.

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__**Anger in China over web censorship**__ ([|BBC link]) China has delayed a plan requiring all new computers sold in the country to be equipped with internet filtering software. The Green Dam software has become a major topic of discussion in the blogosphere. The BBC's Krassimira Twigg looks at what bloggers and netizens have had to say about it.