Internet Censorship
Internet censorship is control or suppression of the publishing or accessing of information on the Internet. The legal issues are similar to offline censorship. Censorship is the moral or legislative process by which society agrees to limit what an individual can do, say, think, or see. Recent attempts to regulate,censor, what is viewed on the Internet have polarized the general population. Unfortunately, beyond the anecdotal, the characteristics of those who support Internet censorship are unknown.
Laws of the Philippines about Internet censorship
The Internet censorship in the Philippines is growing and people watch this more and more and even children watch it too. And if many people watch censored films, they woul d produce more and more of this and in many different kinds of censored films. The government is planning to block unnecessary sites in the Internet and even the bad sites about the government. The bill they are going to put up on this is very big and they can just use this project for other things. The Internet censorship can also be prevented at home. And we can be knowledge by our parents to this. And we can also install software that can be blocked by this internet sites.
Internet censorship in the Philippines
While researching censorship within the Philippines I came across two letters written to regulating bodies within the Asian Nations. I am sure there are countless other correspondences sent on this issue. The first is a letter written a few years ago by several members of various committees against censorship within the Philippines. The second letter was very similar, written to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) a year later by the Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists (CCPJ), the Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of Information (ISAI) and other freedom of speech organizations.
The letter reminds member nations that content-based restrictions of online communications violates internationally guaranteed rights of free expression. Likewise, the letter addresses the idea of conserving cultural values by stating that censorship does not ensure the respect of cultural norms or values.
Comparison of the Philippines in:
China- The internet in China is very protected and the sites are all very useful and they block all the pornography sites. Chinese government also block the websites that tell about there culture. As well as numerous others, has no information that might be deemed offensive to the Chinese government. Compared to the Philippines censored sites are not blocked and even children can see this things.
The Philippine govenrment should really work on the internet blocking for censored films on the internet.
Singapore- The Government of Singapore argues that censorship of violence and sexual themes is necessary as the Singaporean populace is deeply conservative, and censorship of political, racial and religious content is necessary to avoid upsetting the balance of Singapore’s delicate multi-racial society. In the Philippines the censorship is not conrolled and has been allowed ever since so now they are having a hard time to stop it. But the our government is trying to make it stop.
Myanmar- the military government restricts Internet access through software-based censorship, including software provided by U.S. company Fortinet. This software limits the material citizens can access on-line, especially email service providers and pornographic websites. The government also charges high prices to connect to the internet, and then charges on a per-hour basis once connected. Many native Burmans do not have the money to pay for this.