Filtering, also known as screening, censoring and blocking, is the permission or restriction to release or distribute items based on a laid down criteria (Kluver & Banerjee, 2005). Content filters try to limit access to internet content by scanning pixels. Filtering is typically done by use of technological tools, software or hardware, which are intended for that function alone. These technological tools also have a feature of human involvement, via which a supervisor can regulate the settings or take precise action to filter particular content. In this study, I shall discuss several issues pertaining filtering and censoring among them being: countries rights or needs to filter the internet, internet, how the Great Firewall of China reflects a particular form of government and politics, the Australian government internet filter, appropriate material for children, whether parents should be the sole arbiters of their children’s online habits, filtering in educational institutions, how to handle offensive material such as child pornography, whether hate speech should be blocked and finally, where to draw the line between filtering and censorship. Countries Rights or Needs to filter the Internet Whether or not countries should filter internet content is a topic that has been debated for a long time. Different people have had different opinions on this topic. Huang (1999) and Harris (2009) argue that any structure of regulation on the substance of the internet is an infringement of people’s right to freedom of expression. However Gupa (2001) explains that if governments fail to control the content spread by internet, the right of ethnic minorities to subsist free of cultural intimation and the right of children to be free from abuse will be undermined. In China, citizens’ acceptance of internet control and supervision by the state can be traced from the chronological sense whereby the government is assumed to be largely liable for social control and public ethics (Bray, 2000; Oliver, 2007). Since the solitary valid source of influence in many features of Chinese culture is the government, the Chinese expect their government to take the front in controlling and managing internet use (Fallows, 2008). In my opinion, internet control by countries is essential. First, internet came into being because countries placed satellites in the continent so as to spy underneath. Thus if countries want to keep an eye on the content that is spread by the internet, it’s very simple since they have a way of doing it. Second, it is important for every country to have an efficient internet control plan so as to protect its citizens from child molesters, burglars and all other corrupt people. Governments should ensure that control devices are entrenched in new computers to avoid too much private information being spread to the entire public. How the Great Firewall of China, or the Internet Censorship in Iran, Reflect a Particular Form of Government and Politics According to Barber (2003) “internet use in China enhances direct democracy and can be an instrument of strong democracy” (p.42). However, the division of culture caused by the Internet evidently limits reflection