Internet Censorship

Internet censorship is a major internet dilemma. Should the government be allowed to censor certain content and if they should be able to, what content can they restrict? This has been a long-lasting dilemma because it affects so many people. People use the internet for numerous different reasons, education, research, entertainment, and more. If the government wants to censor a specific web page so internet users can access it there are a couple of ways they can achieve this. One way is when someone searches something on the world wide web your computer sends a query or a question to a DNS server to receive an IP address, then it uses that IP address to connect to the desired document. The government can use a sensor to block the query from the computer to the server, which causes the search to be redirected to a server with the IP address 4.4.4.4 which means the page can not be found by the server. Another way the government can use a sensor to block a document is after the computer has the IP address, it doesn't allow the computer to access the info under that IP address. This restriction of certain IP addresses and documents can both benefit and harm everyday internet users. For example, internet users will be more protected from dangerous websites, viruses, and other unsafe content, however, it can reduce the freedom of choice and speech that people would otherwise have on the internet, for example, these restrictions could keep them from sharing or receiving certain information. Even with these harms, I think the pros outweigh the cons, and keeping people safe is incredibly important, as long as the content that is restricted is justifiable I think internet censorship should be used.