Pro-Con Debate Sheet

Name: Topic: Auston Davenport Period: 2 Should the development of webpages be monitored to restrict the information available on the internet? Position Statement: The development of webpages shouldn't be monitored.
Is each statement a: Statistic: (involving numbers)? Anecdote: (story)? Fact: (something that can be proven)? Expert Opinion: (A professional in the area)?

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Google's search engine has seen an increase in the past few years of over %600 Source: Google

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%34.3 of the world population use the internet. Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

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Censoring the internet can stop certain crimes and actions Source: Personal experiance

Censoring the internet limits creativity and the freedoms of an individual. Source: Personal experiance

Internet censorship protects against piracy Source: buzzle.com

"Filtering can help shape the message a country's citizens see, including, as may have happened recently when Georgia filtered some Russian Web sites, for the purpose of preventing enemy propaganda from reaching one's citizens." Source: CNN

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it volates the First amendment "The most basic component of freedom of expression is the right of freedom of speech. The right to freedom of speech allows individuals to express themselves without interference or constraint by the government. The Supreme Court requires the government to provide substantial justification for the interference with the right of free speech where it attempts to regulate the content of the speech. A less stringent test is applied for content-neutral legislation. The Supreme Court has also recognized that the government may prohibit some speech that may cause a breach of the peace or cause violence. For more on unprotected and less protected categories of speech see advocacy of illegal action, fighting words, commercial speech and obscenity. The right to free speech includes other mediums of expression that communicate a message. The level of protection speech receives also depends on the forum in which it takes place." Source: The First Amendment Ron Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for Internet Studies at the University of Toronto, said in the research, "states are applying ever more fine grained methods to limit and shape the information environment to which their citizens have access." Source: CNN Google and many other online providers maintain that they cannot lawfully remove any content for which they are merely the host and not the producer, a principle enshrined in EU law on eCommerce since 2000. Source: Huffington Post BRUSSELS - Google has received more than 1,000 requests from authorities to take down content from its search results or YouTube video in the last six months of 2011, the company said on Monday, denouncing what it said was an alarming trend. Source: Huffington Post

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For the six months of data were releasing today, we complied with an average of 65% of court orders, as opposed to 47% of more informal requests. Source: Google Censorship in America is the act of altering, adjusting, editing, or banning of any or all media resulting from the presumption that its content is perceived to be objectionable, incendiary, illicit, or immoral by the FederalGovernment of the United States. Source: Laws.com In 2012 the United States Government tried to start SOPA which would have enabled censorship on the internet. It was turned down by many major companies such as Google. Source: CNN

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