Government Intervention Of The Internet

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Term Paper Title	Government Intervention Of The Internet
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Government Intervention of the Internet

Government Intervention of the Internet

During the past decade, our society has become based solely on the ability to
move large amounts of information across large distances quickly.
Computerization has influenced everyone's life. The natural evolution of
computers and this need for ultra-fast communications has caused a global
network of interconnected computers  to develop. This global net allows a person
to send E-mail across the world in mere  fractions of a second, and enables even
the common person to access information  world-wide. With advances such as
software that allows users with a sound card to  use the Internet as a carrier
for long distance voice calls and video conferencing, this  network is key to
the future of the knowledge society. At present, this net is the  epitome of the
first amendment: free speech. It is a place where people can speak their mind
without being reprimanded for what they say, or how they choose to say it.  The
key to the world-wide success of the Internet is its protection of free speech,
not only in America, but in other countries where free speech is not protected
by a constitution. To be found on the Internet is a huge collection of obscene
graphics, Anarchists' cookbooks and countless other things that offend some
people. With over 30 million Internet users in the U.S. alone (only 3 million of
which surf the net from  home), everything is bound to offend someone. The
newest wave of laws floating  through law making bodies around the world
threatens to stifle this area of spontaneity. Recently, Congress has been
considering passing laws that will make it a crime punishable by jail to send
"vulgar" language over the net, and to export encryption software. No matter how
small, any attempt at government intervention  in the Internet will stifle the
greatest communication innovation of this century. The government wants to
maintain control over this new form of communication, and  they are trying to
use the protection of children as a smoke screen to pass laws that  will allow
them to regulate and censor the Internet, while banning techniques that  could
eliminate the need for regulation. Censorship of the Internet threatens to
destroy its freelance atmosphere, while wide spread encryption could help
prevent the need for government intervention.

Jim Exon, a democratic senator from Nebraska, wants to pass a decency
billregulating the Internet. If the bill passes, certain comme...

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