The Iceland porn ban is one news headline that has sparked a national and now global debate this week, as SF Gate reported this Monday, Feb. 25, that the government of Iceland is trying to plan a law that will ban internet pornography and print pornography, all in the hopes of protecting children from the “rise of violent and sexual imagery.”
With instant information only a click away in modern times, viral videos and trending news search topics alike certainly might make it difficult to make any place a “banned” porn zone. Yet officials in Iceland want to try, and not all the citizens in the small North Atlantic nation are pleased with the attempt, says the report.
The proposition of the Iceland porn ban has sparked an “uproar” among the people, who say that the move could very easily do away with freedom rights, censor the World Wide Web, and even spur a more authoritarian government. Those who support the move, however, feel the Iceland porn band could actually be a very positive step for children.
"When a 12-year-old types 'porn' into Google, he or she is not going to find photos of naked women out on a country field, but very hardcore and brutal violence," reported Halla Gunnarsdottir, political advisor to the interior minister. "There are laws in our society. Why should they not apply to the Internet?"
The Icelandic official added that while pornography has already been banned in Iceland, the new changes will simply clarify their previously vague law, and identify just what “pornography” should be defined as in the nation.
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