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What is Censorship and How Does it Work?

What is Censorship and How Does it Work?. By Brian Langone. What is Internet Censorship. Internet censorship is essentially a method used by corporations, governments and others in order to filter what a user can view on the internet. . Why Censorship?.

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What is Censorship and How Does it Work?

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  1. What is Censorship and How Does it Work? By Brian Langone

  2. What is Internet Censorship • Internet censorship is essentially a method used by corporations, governments and others in order to filter what a user can view on the internet.

  3. Why Censorship? • Businesses use censorship to ensure their employees are not distracted online. • Families may use censorship in order to limit what sites their children can access. • Governments use censorship to prevent citizens from: • Viewing political pages that are against the ruling party • News pages that would inform citizens of demonstrations or conflicts. • Pages they would deem obscene.

  4. How Does Censorship Work • There are a number of ways to employ censorship. They include: • Software such as Net Nanny and CYBERsitter. These programs use a “blacklist” that has a number of sites deemed offensive. • These programs also look for keywords on a site and if they are found it will block access to the site. • Firewalls can also be used, they block what goes in and out of a network. • Many businesses rely on firewalls. • Countries also use firewalls in order to limit what their citizens can view. • Some countries even have physical surveillance systems such as cameras at computer locations.

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