Circumventing Internet Censorship
Circumventing Internet censorship is the process of using anti-censorship tools or software to bypass Internet censorship and filters. Certain countries like China and Iran have governments that enforce filters to censor what people can access on the Web, however, there are ways to get around these filters. Websites such as Circumventor.com and Peacefire.org are dedicated to distributing anti-censorship tools to users in these countries so they may roam the Internet freely.
Censorship
Many countries have filtering policies to block users from visiting certain sites used for gaming, entertainment, and social networking. The main reason for doing this is that they are trying to prevent dissidents from posting rebellious, threatening or undesirable material that is critical of those countries. Also, in the United States, public institutions such as schools and libraries are required to use filtering software to block access to certain existing public content such as obscene, pornographic and other materials related to the sexual exploitation of children.
