internet censorship- an introductory article!

internet is a network of super powered computers supplying all the virtual information  required through a comprehensive interface known as websites.these websites as the time passed, have transformed into various web applications known as search engines,weblog(blogs),email provider,social networks etc, but all the content aren’t made accessible to internet user and this phenomenon is known as “internet censorship”.

the term “internet censorship” refers to the control or suppression over publishing and accessing of information on the web by means of  forbidding the usage of words like sex, pornography and even in some countries words like “democracy”.

in every country the government has control over the filtering of words used on the web effectively by the usage of special software known as filters.these filters acts as virtual check points filtering the words and the website which are accesible to the user with in the border of a country.

luckily, i got this chart from one of friend indexing the amount of  internet censorship ratings followed all over the world.

for example, recently Germany and Bangladesh blocked youtube due to violation of domestic internet rules and domains with .il are being blocked in UAE since they are traced from Israel and many countries  around the world have blocked the usage of many famous websites like facebook, amazon, youtube etc with respect to thier national internet policy vilation act.

china has the highest record of blocking as more as 5000 websites including popualr web journals and magazines curtailing the exposure of its population from the outside world.

some of the biggest reason behind the filtering of  popular websites is that the terrorist are targetting popular social network for recruting their missionaires and another valuble point is that the government doesn’t want its citizens to become social corrupt by the getting influcenced to the vast illegal and porn content available on the web.

did you know:

• china has blocked the usage of words like “democracy”,and many other words on the context of fundamental rights and international rights ” available to its citizens.
• Microsoft and smart filters are the leading providers of filtering software to the countries under a specific license.it seems that both these giant  software providers are pulling out a big money from the national treasury of many countries every year.

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