Restrictions of Internet Use

• Jeremiah Jones

• Rodney Dowdy

• Pablo Gonzalez

• Pers 2730 Internet Technologies

• Dr. Chunlei Liu

• Jeremiah

Table of Contents

• Definition of Internet Censorship

• Restriction of use between citizens in the US as compared to citizens in China

• Also compare and contrast restriction of use on military computers verse personal computers

• Summary

• Rodney

Restrictions of Internet Use

• Internet censorship – is the control or suppression of what can be accessed published or viewed on the internet. This is accomplished in several ways;• Technical censorship – technical blocks to information through

a variety of ways, Internet protocol blocking, Domain name filtering/redirect, Packet filtering, and several other ways that stop sites from being available.

• Non-technical censorship – the use of legislation and term agreements to limit or restrict what is available on the web.

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Restrictions of Internet Use in China

• China has established limitations on internet usage known as the “Great Firewall” that limits what is viewable by the population

• Use of key words that returns a connection error when blocked sites are requested• Ex- Democracy, Dicatorship, human rights, oppression,

genocide

• Websites that are blocked include many search engines through• Ex- Google, Youtube, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter,

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Restrictions of Internet Use in the US

• Usually carried out by government and private organizations.

• Legislation – Communications decency Act• Child online privacry protection act• Digital mellenium copyright act

• Private organizations have the right to limit information they deem unacceptable while using their property • Ex – churchs, companies.

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Internet restriction in US Military

• Controlled by the DOD and Congress, filtering and blocked sites

• Subject to the UCMJ, determines what personel can an cannot say especially during war time situations

• increased restrictions while in combat zones to ensure military stratiegy and safety.

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Differences between censorship between the US and China.

• http://www.businessinsider.com/infographic-shows-internet-censorship-around-world-2015-3

• http://www.state.gov/e/eb/cip/netfreedom/index.htm

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_United_States

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China

• http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4707107

• http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/world/asia/china-toughens-restrictions-on-the-internet-use.html?_r=0

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Censorship between the citizens and military

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_United_States

• http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/01/22/censorship-at-the-highest-ranks-of-the-u-s-military-and-the-growing-divide-between-the-military-and-civilians/

• https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/08/20/u-s-military-bans-the-intercept/

• http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/855001p.pdf

• Rodney

Summary

• Definition of Internet Censorship

• Restriction of use between citizens in the US as compared to citizens in China

• Also compare and contrast restriction of use on military computers verse personal computers

• Questions??

• Pablo