Owen Barritt (hmmm_tea) wrote,
Owen Barritt
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Internet Censorship

Following a similar discussion on Radio 4 this morning, a purely hypothetical question, ignoring the issue of how you'd implement such a scheme.

Poll #726641 Internet Censorship
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 11

Should ISPs Censor Internet Content

View Answers
Yes
1(9.1%)
No
10(90.9%)


Although some of the content on the internet is of questionable moral value, I think the main power of the internet is that it's an open platform. Where would you draw the line if you started censoring it?

It provides a platform for minority viewpoints, which in general has to be a good thing, even if some of those views lead to bad consequences. They still need to be voiced somewhere.

Have finally added thought to the last poll too now.
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