Why should the internet have more restrictions?

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Why should the internet have more restrictions?
Violent websites or videos that are posted to the internet are becoming more popular and aggressive. In the past 12 months 5% of youth, 10-15 years of age, have reported engaging in seriously violent behavior such as aggravated and sexual assault, and 38% reported exposure to violence online and off-line were associated with violent crimes. (Ybarra 929) Tested websites included news related websites that showed terrorism, war, and death. As a teenage female living in a virtual world, I know for a fact that anyone has access to view pornography or violence at the click of their finger. Even relaxing on social media websites have become a danger to the minds of youth from all the inappropriate ads that pop up to the side. I believe the government should restrict internet content because child pornography, hate speech, and websites inciting violence are all readily accessible to Americans.
Child pornography is just the start
Child pornography is the blueprint for predators to execute sexual assault (Winder and Gough). Child pornography is not only a problem but is illegal. Sexual assault is only one of the end results that child pornography can lead into. Most of the photos that these pedophiles are viewing are more than likely staged enjoyment at the expense of these innocent children since most of them are being sexual abused. Sexual offenders all have “sexual fantasies”, just like Tom Carroll, a self-confessed pedophile, who has stated “and of course, having seen photographs of adults engaged in sexual acts with children, in which the latter definitely appeared to have been enjoying the experience, I was sustained by a hope that one day I might do such things myself” (Winder and Gou...

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Eissens, Ronald. "Hate Speech on the Internet Should Be Regulated." Hate on the Net: Virtual Nursery for In Real Life Crime. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Network Against Cyber Hate (INACH), 2004. Rpt. in Civil Liberties. Ed. Roman Espejo. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 6 Feb. 2014.
Ybarra, Michele L. "Linkages Between Internet and Other Media." Pediatrics 122.929 (2088): 929-38. EBSCO. Web. 6 Feb. 2014. .
Winder, Belinda, and Brendan Gough. "“I Never Touched Anybody—That's My Defence”: A Qualitative Analysis Of Internet Sex Offender Accounts." Journal Of Sexual Aggression 16.2 (2010): 125-141. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2014.

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