Censorship and Privacy #week11

Hello there. Today's topic is censorship and privacy online.

Firstly, what is censorship and privacy? 

Censorship, the changing or the suppression or prohibition of speech or writing that is deemed subversive of the common good. It occurs in all manifestations of authority to some degree, but in modern times it has been of special importance in its relation to government and the rule of law.

Online privacy, also known as internet privacy or digital privacy, refers to how much of your personal, financial and browsing information remains private when you’re online.


One of the articles I will be talking about today is about children privacy when parents want to know their passwords. I have though about this issue previously and always thought that if parents demand to know their children online account passwords (even if it's for good reasons) it still teaches kids that they don't have any personal "space". I liked the points about password being an element of childs identity as it stated when a password is shared it blurs the line between owner of the account and someone else who has had access to it, and if it is showed from the beginning that sharing passwords is okey, it can change the whole concept for kids. Also from education system aspects it was stated that when students get static password and they are kept in the same place they also the accountability is shared, and in these cases school is responsible against data breaches for all these students.


Second article I really liked was about the possibility to use memes as a way to laugh about others and those in power. As they are becoming more and more popular their use and content adapts to big events happening in the world or just everyday tasks. For example the whole shared with Evergreen, the only thing you could see on the Internet for the whole week was memes about this ship. And as it provides anonymity for each picture they can cover whichever topic they want, and in some way they can avoid censorship. I think as long as it's nothing really taboo or horrible this is a good option for laughing about things that maybe are not allowed (I don't mean about bullying and things like that), but as always restrictions are there for a reason.


Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/censorship

https://clario.co/blog/what-is-online-privacy/

https://theconversation.com/controlling-childrens-passwords-is-a-flagrant-breach-of-their-privacy-141031

https://theconversation.com/how-memes-in-the-drc-allow-people-to-laugh-at-those-in-power-and-themselves-148924

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