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The Uncensored Library

As we all know, the media and press are accessible to almost everyone in our modern society. Anywhere

you go, there is a high probability that you will encounter news, some entertaining, while others are

disturbing. Have you ever thought about how much the media gets censored? But that also begs the
question of "should it be regulated?".

You wouldn't want your children to stumble across sensitive media that would prove traumatic for them,

but most parents wouldn't want their kids to feel restricted and confined either. Millions of photos, videos,
and other forms of entertainment are posted daily, so it isn't usual for some of it to be harmful. Internet

providers or countries have built-in restrictions on certain websites to combat this. Governments and

companies have full authority over what information goes through, and people can only stand back
consuming what is allowed. The reason they do so can be varied. They may shield us from ill media or

suggest an extreme form of propaganda that feeds the public, biased information. They can also silence

free speech and reporters trying to cast light onto the wrong-doings of specific people. Something like this
cannot be allowed in the context of "is it right to censor news?" and public disclosure is necessary.

People's livelihood depends on this fragile construct of technological marvel, we cannot hand it over to

the grasp of figures capable of holding us down.

The abundance of information within the platform is now critical to the daily lives of millions of people.

Sensitive information such as passwords and locations of people are regularly shared on the web. These

easily accessible yet susceptible data shouldn't be collected by major corporations for them to sell to

advertising companies. Private materials must remain concealed.

What we have opened is Pandora's box. We cannot go back to how things were. Whatever happens now

will lead to better opportunities for education or a declining range of rights. It'll be in our hands how the
spread of information will reach those barred from the internet.

12B Chinguun .D