Internet censorship
By: Margaret Haerens and Lynn M. Zott, book editors
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780737766585; 9780737766592
Subjects: Zensur; Censorship; Internet
Description: This volume examines whether or not the Internet should be censored, who should govern the Internet, what the best ways to fight Internet censorship are, and which legal measures effectively address Internet censorship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: Internet sovereignty: a new paradigm of Internet governance / Min Jiang; title: Internet censorship by governments is a human rights violation / Hillary Clinton; title: There is middle ground between Internet freedom and Internet sovereignty / Scott J. Shackelford; title: WikiLeaks is a national security threat and should be censored / Marc Thiessen; title: The US government should not pressure companies to censor WikiLeaks / Jillian York; title: The United Nations should play a greater role in Internet governance / Jean-Christophe Nothias; title: The United Nations should not govern the Internet / Arthur Herman; title: US government control of the Internet threatens freedom / Milton L. Mueller; title: A multistakeholder global coalition should govern the Internet / Vinton Cerf; title: Existing institutions should be improved and continue to govern the Internet / Jonathan Koppell; title: The Internet should be governed by an inclusive international alliance / Sally Shipman Wentworth; title: A more proactive defense of Internet freedom will reduce censorship / Helle C. Dale and Jessica Zuckerman; title: Internet freedom: free to choose / The Economist; title: Cracking the "great firewall" of China's web censorship / Paul Wiseman; title: Google ends Internet censorship; dares China to make next move / Michael B. Farrell; title: The Global Online Freedom Act of 2012 is an important step forward / Cindy Cohn, Jillian C. York, and Trevor Timm; title: Internet freedom starts at home / Rebecca MacKinnon; title: The Stop Online Piracy Act safeguards property rights and does not threaten Internet freedom / Lamar Smith; title: The Stop Online Piracy Act threatens Internet freedom and does not protect property rights / Nancy Scola; title: A legal ban on violent Internet pornography would benefit children and is not censorship / Halla Gunnarsdóttir; title: A legal ban on Internet pornography is misguided and would lead to Internet censorship / Derek Mead.