Chapter 4 Information Through Opposing Viewpoints:

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Chapter 4 - Information Through Opposing
Viewpoints

• Group 4 Civil Men
• Nathan Gay, Jimmy Rhodes, Chris Zawacki, Mike
  Phalen Dan Wagner

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• Amendment I 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.
• Amendment IV The right of the people to be
  secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
  effects, against unreasonable searches and
  seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants
  shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported
  by oath or affirmation, and particularly
  describing the place to be searched, and the
  persons or things to be seized.

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How Does the Internet Affect Civil Liberties?
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Topics of Discussion

• Privacy
• Internet Censorship
• Computer Encryption Codes

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The Internet Threatens the Right to Privacy.

• Sniffer Programs.
• Website owners use cookies to monitor surfing
  habits and information.
• E-mail is subject to hackers and unintended
  distribution violating the authors privacy.

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The Internets Invasion of Privacy is Exaggerated.

• It is vital for a website to know when you are
  there and how long you have been there.
• Cookies allow websites to positively monitor your
  Internet habits.
• You control how much personal information a
  website can obtain.
• Sniffer programs monitor traffic on the Internet
  to solve problems.

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Indecent Material on the Internet Should Be
Censored.

• Children are susceptible to pornography on the
  Internet.
• Parents have responsibility, but should not be
  the only means of censorship.
• The Supreme court has consistently ruled that not
  all speech is protected speech.

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Censoring Indecent Material on the Internet
Violates Free Speech.

• CDA is overturned by the Supreme Court in Reno
  vs. ACLU.
• The White House calls voluntary meeting for
  Internet for companies to develop and deploy
  tools for blocking inappropriate speech.
• Microsoft and Netscape use PICS (Platform for
  Internet Content Selection) as a rating and
  blocking tool in their web browsers.
• Examples of Filtered searches.

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Computer Encryption Threatens Public Safety.

• The 4th Amendment strikes a balance between
  individual needs and societies.
• Allowing the use of unbreakable encryption, to
  protect privacy, compromises public safety.
• The goal of encryption is to protect individual
  privacy and commerce, but in a way that preserves
  law enforcements ability to protect public
  safety.
• Encrypting Codes is very costly and time
  consuming, therefore keys to these codes should
  be made available.

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Computer Encryption Codes are Necessary to
Protect Privacy.

• Giving the government the key to encrypted
  information violates the right to privacy.
• The framers of the constitution were aware of
  cryptography, and did not deny the right to use
  it.
• Encrypting Codes is very costly and time
  consuming, however, they are necessary to keep
  information private.