Should government play a role in controlling the internet?

Question

Internet is on of the greatest tool mankind have ever invented. With internet now ,communications ,education ..e.t.c have all been made easier for people to acces. However internet also gives us a threat to our kids, where they can easily access to pornography, where child molester can have advantanges. Considering all the benefits and disadvantanges of the internet. Should the our governments play a role in controlling internet or do you think doing so would take our freedom of speech away ?

Answer 1

Don't give any more monitoring powers to the Government and
don't undermine the responsibility of parents to monitor the access their children have on the internet.

Answer 2

I know that the Internet was once only used by the government and I believe it exist because of the government.
I do believe that at some point parents really should take a more active role in raising their children. For example, monitoring their children's usage on the Internet, blocking websites where predators lurk for younger children.
I don't know what role the government could take with out censorship and breaking the freedom of being an American.
Do I think it is sick that there are child molester on line luring children YES!! But at what point is the government protecting our youth consider breaking the amendment. Honestly it's a very controversial debt. What do you think?

Answer 3

NO!

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Answer 4

I think that having the government control the internet completely, would have more disadvantages than advantages. I do think that because of the nature of some of the site (porn, adult content) and the number of minor children that surf the net, that there should be some kind of law or statute to keep kids from being able to access them.

Answer 5

They are controlling everything already, even the internet in a certain way and they don't care much about pornography.
I think it is and should actually be our own responsibility, we should teach our kids ourselves what is wrong and right.
And not what is making the most money, like the government is doing.

Answer 6

Government should not control the Internet since it is a free highway for knowledge and information. What governments can do is to monitor the web for any unscrupulous websites to protect its citizens.

Answer 7

This question is complicated.
Using internet, terrorists and finance criminals (also pedophiles) can easily obtain their purposes.
But we know that governments are afraid of internet freedom of speech and governments used often a single criminal event to obtain a general control on internet.

Answer 8

goverments shouldnt play a role in the interent, just look at the chinese version of google, they censor everything that they believe goes against the goverment. However I believe at this moment the USA controls all the web page names, there supposed to hand this power to an independent organisation

Answer 9

in my opinion, the government should do something to the internet Maybe.they can play a role just like the pliceman but less fiercely

Answer 10

they do more than you know already..and dosent the gov have enough control over our lives already? in the laws and taxes we have to pay?
Thats as bad as censorship. If we allow the gov to control the internet it would be like burning books on the whitehouse steps,I want my child to be free to do as much research on anything his heart desires, its my job as a parent to guide him and protect him.
And theres always parental control,,As parents its our job to keep tabs on where our children go and the things they see on the net, Why give that right to the gov?