Internet censorship

Internet censorship is censorship of the internet. In some cases, websites censor certain information. In other cases, governments censor entire websites, so nobody in the country can visit them.

Google is known for changing its search results to censor information. As more people use the Internet, online censorship has worsened, using increasingly sophisticated techniques. 

 Around the world 
The motives, scope, and effectiveness of Internet censorship vary widely from country to country. Most countries with government-ordered censorship are located in east Asia, central Asia, and the MENA: Middle East & North Africa.

Democracies typically have moderate censorship, allowing citizens to access information and participate in public debates, but with some justified restrictions. (For example, a democracy might block websites which show child pornography.)

In contrast, totalitarian regimes severely limit Internet access. They do this for several reasons:

 To control the information people get
 To prevent people from seeing content that criticizes the government
 To restrict communication
 To prevent debates on political and social issues (especially during critical events like elections or protests)

 Content suppression methods 

 Technical censorship 

 IP Address blocking
 Domain name filtering
 Uniform Resource Locator (URL) filtering
 Packet filtering
 Connection reset
 Network disconnection
 Portal censorship/Search result removal
 Computer network attacks


 Related pages 
 Censorship
 Censorship by Google
 Censorship of YouTube
 Websites blocked in China

 References 

Category:Censorship
Category:Internet culture