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Censorship of Internet - COMP1589 - Assignment

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University of Greenwich

   

Internet (COMP1589)

   

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Censorship of internet content takes place in many shapes ranging from government blocking the dissemination of political opinion to blacklisting pornographic & private websites. According to ONI Data, Iran is ranked as the world’s worst country in terms of filtering political, social, and internet tools. After Iran, China was ranked due to strict rules relating to Social and Internet Tools.

Censorship of Internet - COMP1589 - Assignment

   

University of Greenwich

   

Internet (COMP1589)

   Added on 2020-03-04

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RUNNING HEAD: ELICOS1ElicosComparison between China and USA on Media censorshipSubmitted by:
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Comparison Between China and USA on Media Censorship 2ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................4China and USA- Censorship of Internet..........................................................................................4China and USA- Censorship of News.............................................................................................5China and USA- Censorship of Art.................................................................................................6Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7References........................................................................................................................................7
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Comparison Between China and USA on Media Censorship 3Introduction Censorship of internet content takes place in many shapes ranging from government blocking thedissemination of political opinion to blacklisting the pornographic & private website. Accordingto ONI data, Iran is ranked as the world’s worst country in term of filtering political, social andinternet tools. After Iran, China was ranked due to strict rules relating to social and internet tools.On April 12, Chinese users were cut off from international websites, probably due to areconfiguration of the firewall. In 2014, China stood at number third from last place for internetcensorship (Linder, 2016.). On the other hand, The U.S. possesses protection of freedom ofspeech and expression in opposition to federal, state, and local government censorship. USprovide ample of freedom in terms of media. These fortifications expand to the Internet, though;the U.S. government has suppressed websites. While comparing the media censorship withChina, USA has more liberty and allows audience to have a free access. As per the reportpublished by “Reporters without Border” United States stands at 41st place in the world out of180 countries in requisites to their Press Freedom Index from 2016; whereas Reporters withoutBorders has mentioned China's press position as "very serious". They have rated it worst on theirfive-point scale (Xu, Mao and Halderman, 2011).
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