The Information Super Highway

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was therefore forced to restrict its use of certain ideas and vocabulary. Years went by and a new form of media emerged: the device television, which was used to see pictures. Another new medium of communication except now with sight too. Television too was forced to restrict profanity, ideas that were not to be expressed, and information
that was only for certain individuals. Both radio and television underwent heavy investigation on how they were to broadcast. With the rise of the Internet, a new censorship era has emerged. There have been many attempts to restrict content on the Internet but nothing can be done to completely guarantee that questionable materials will not be seen. Many different methods have been tried to restrict Internet content. These methods include software developed to restrict profanity, human monitors to watch content, standard online filters, or firewalls to protect against amateur hacking. Nothing has managed to work because the Internet is too ...

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them proceed with the registration. In my opinion I think their reasoning behind the acceptance is that most people will not try to type dashes between letters in a word. Although this might seem like it could be a one-time occurrence, it is not.
Perhaps one of the other most “offensive” names to enter the Internet is “Penis.com.” This web site allows any user access to free gay pornography and even the ability to open an email address through them. This email ability will give any web user the chance to make an email address as yourname@penis.com. Is there any reason for routing email through the name “penis.com?” Not really, but its amusing to some and offensive to many others when ...

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