Jamie Boccia, CS408-02, Homework 04

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Assignment 4: Hate and the Internet.

1. Hate speech is an act of prejudice against a group or individuals based on race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
2. I wouldn't set limits on free speech. Our nation is very proud of the constitution written by our founding fathers. I think that the First Amendment is very clear in all matters of speech and protest. As long as nobody is being personally attacked, groups making their opinions known are entirely within the law.
3. I think striving to create an international definition is extremely unnecessary. Seeing as most hate speech is expressed by Americans at foreign cultures, I think more problems than solutions would come as a result.
4. The only reason the government should ever step in on hate group websites is to ensure that young children can't visit the site and won't be exposed to information that might trouble their young minds. Or if violent/graphic images are displayed on the site, there should be a content warning.
5. In my opinion, the one who commits the crime should be held responsible.
6. I believe that hate related information should be viewable to young children, but certain conctent may be too mature for them. If there are content warnings on any sites that may be desturbing to children, they won't stumble into anything too innapropriate for their age.
7. I think legal is legal, whether that means it is online or out in the real world. Who says the internet isn't part of the real world too?
8. I believe that anything that may be viewed as innapropriate for children, such as pornography and violent images should have a content warning.