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Policing the Web

Censorship, a word every American is familiar with, has been present throughout our entire history. Censorship is the act of examining and expurgating material. Recently, the internet has become the latest target of censorship. The government is looking into policing the internet and officially having standards that would regulate what is and is not censored from the American public. If the U.S. government attains the right to censor internet content, it will be an egregious invasion of our First Amendment rights, and a flagrant step towards the complete obliteration of our civil liberties.
The First Amendment of the Constitution clearly states

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. (Bill of Rights, 1791).......

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