Some hold the view that ideas and information should be completely open, and there should be no control on what people can read and watch in the media (TV, Newspapers, Internet).
Do you agree with this view, or do you think that in some circumstances governments should limit the freedom of the media?
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In today’s world, mass media has an inevitable role in raising people’s awareness on current affairs across the globe. While some argue that information accessibility should not be restricted at all, I believe that governments should limit access to internet content in particular cases.
On the one hand, accessing to free flow of information is definitely one of the major rights of humans throughout the world. People must have the freedom to become aware about the political and economic issues in their countries. If media were limited, a large proportion of events would not be published, and as a consequence people would not be informed about the current issues. In lack of the free mass media, politicians will be able to hide their activities from people and this often ultimately leads to corruption in different levels of governments.
However, it is agreed that virtual content can be harmful to people in some circumstances. For example, currently plenty of p0rn sites which offer unethical contents are easily accessible on the internet. These contents could be harmful to children’s mental well-being and should be banned by parents and governments. Unfortunately, most of the parents are not aware about the negative implications which exposing to such contents can have on their children, and thus they don’t limit the access to these websites on their personal computers. The answer is for the governments to establish filtering systems in order to prohibit access to such detrimental web sites. Moreover, these days internet is being used as a medium for sharing copyrighted items such as books and films. Limiting access to web sites which share these contents is essential, because sharing such items free can cause a financial loss to their producers.
In conclusion, based on the given arguments, while I believe that free flow of information should be ensured, it seems reasonable to put some limitations on the virtual contents’ availability.
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firefox2020 wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2017 11:28 am Some hold the view that ideas and information should be completely open, and there should be no control on what people can read and watch in the media (TV, Newspapers, Internet).
Do you agree with this view, or do you think that in some circumstances governments should limit the freedom of the media?
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In today’s world, mass media has an inevitable role in raising people’s awareness on current affairs across the globe. While some argue that information accessibility should not be restricted at all, I believe that governments should limit access to internet content in particular cases.
On the one hand, access to the free flow of information is definitely a major human right. People must have the freedom to learn about the political and economic issues in their countries. If media were limited, a large proportion of events would not be published, and as a consequence, people would not be informed about current issues. When free mass media is lacking, politicians are able to hide their activities from people and this often ultimately leads to corruption in different levels of governments.
However, it is agreed that virtual content can be harmful to people in some circumstances. For example, currently, there are many pornographic sites which offer unethical content and are easily accessible on the internet. This content could be harmful to children’s mental well-being and should be banned by parents and governments. Unfortunately, many parents are not aware about the negative implications such contents can have on their children, and thus they don’t limit the access to these websites on their personal computers. The answer is for the governments to establish filtering systems in order to prohibit access to such detrimental web sites. Moreover, these days the internet is being used as a medium for sharing copyrighted items such as books and films. Limiting access to web sites which share this content is essential, because sharing such items for free can cause a financial loss to their producers.
In conclusion, based on the given arguments, while I believe that the free flow of information should be ensured, but it seems reasonable to put some limitations on virtual contents’ availability.