Internet Censorship in USA.
Internet censorship in United State is the suppression of information published or viewed on the internet in US. Program such as business, libraries, schools, and government office. Most are protected by the First Amendment to the United State Constitution, laws such as those concerning libel, intellectual property, and pornography still determine hoa and if certain content can be published online.
Censorship in :
Schools
Many public schools have censorship programs built into their systems and many schools default to using internet filters to meet these requirements. The federal government leaves the local authorities to define what information needs to be censored.
Libraries
Libraries also censor certai web pages, this may not be limited to pornography as it may extend to adevertising sites, chat, gaming, social networking, and forums.
Corporations abroad
Several US corporations including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Myspace, and Facebook practice greater levels of self censorship in some international versions of their online services.
Individual website
Some website that allow user contributed content practice censorship by banning users or pre-approving editorial contributions.
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