March 6, 2004
Can't porn censorship justify political censorship later on?
A post by VP Abtahi about the desire of some open-minded Iranians to have a porn-free net access for their children, and a brief discussion about it on my Linkdooni, has created a new ethical/policy-making dillema for me. The problem is very delecate:
How can you prevent the desire of some people to keep their children off Internet porn from becoming a good-looking justification for the political censorship by the governemtn? In other words, how can you defend the freedom of speech on the Net where people are quite supportive of the censorship on erotic content?
Note that unlike the West, child pornography is not an issue yet in Iran. Instead, children's access to porn is more important.
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Actually, the same issue is present in the United States, in a similar form, but here the question is primarily about computers in libraries. Some advocate that software filters be installed on these machines to prevent the viewing of pornographic sites.
I would say that it is hard to rationally extend the censorship of porn sites to the censorship of political sites, but I suppose it is possible. Frankly, I don't think censorship is the answer, because we're talking about children. When they're at home, the parent/s have the responsibility and the ability to regulate what the children might be viewing on the internet. Generalized censorship is in that sense unnecesary.
Well, that's just my two cents.
- By: J Hancox on March 6, 2004
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