Advantages of Internet Censorship
- Censorship can help protect people from inappropiate content - adult content, "bad" websites
- Can help reduce/eliminate illegal activity on web such as illegal downloads of music and other content
- Can help reduce/eliminate online identity thieft
- Can help guard personal computers from "spam"
- May lead to new advances in information technology
Disadvantages of Internet Censorship
- Restricts freedom of speech and freedom of self-expression - ultimately a violation of basic human rights
- Internet users could be and probably are, missing out useful information that can be found on the web
- Gives governments too much power and control over what can be accessed and what can not
- Most of the time, governments are not very successful at fully enforcing this - people find ways to bypass this censorship
- Government has a hold on power - monopoly over telecommunications companies and other internet providers