Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Plague of Pornography
It's no secret that pornography has become a black spot on the advancement of technology. Once relatively difficult to access, pornography often shows up in unwanted situations--ads, popups, etc. How can we protect ourselves and others from this harming influence when it shows up unbidden? Sadly, it's unfeasible to remove all access to the pornography. Even without the internet, it was still available to those who really wanted it. However, measures can and should be taken to help eliminate unwanted access to pornography and make it more difficult to find. By implementing features in social media and other online sites, like Twitter's recently added restriction on search words in their new video service, pornography can become more difficult to find and we can protect ourselves and our loved ones from its harming influence.
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I think Twitter is doing a good job at finding the right balance. It's always touchy when trying to censor something on the internet (no matter how reprehensible it may be), but I think the best path is to inform the user as clearly as possible and let them make their own decision.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. It is hard to fight for a free internet when people keep using it for evil. I encourage advancements in software that effectively filters and blocks pornographic material for those of us that want nothing to do with it.
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