Blocking Websites

@skr3wed (147)
Vietnam
January 27, 2011 8:43am CST
Do you think governments blocking or tracking websites and their users should be allowed? I've heard many things on the news about this website being taken down by this government, ect, ect, ect. Do you think that this should be allowed? Well I'll also my question I suppose too, I think that unless there's a very, very good reason behind it, there should be no internet censorship.
2 responses
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
30 Apr 13
Well, I wouldn't say it's "the government" that does this; as--at root--the government is "people" (maybe not "all the people," as it claims to be in America; but 'people' all the same). And people--in order to remain part of "The People"--feel that they must subscribe to a 'mass-media mind.' Whatever thoughts/claims they see in the mass-media, they MUST believe (or else they would not allow it to remain)! The Internet--as it is seen by billions of people--IS a mass-media. Were the Founding Fathers thinking of mass-media when they declared our Freedom-of-Speech, or did they imagine we'd be limited to 'writing our peers letters' and maybe 'preaching to church-groups' like they were?
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
18 Apr 13
for me i think its better that government will block those social networking in the office so that all employee will never be tired to do their work,and even those other website that can cause of their being lazy at work,and aside from that it could also be good to the government confidentiality.