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This issue has made the internet Censorship law less effective because

appropriate mechanisms of dealing with it have not been found. Internet censorship
is one of the laws formulated by Congress to guide the ethical behaviors of both
individuals and organizations using information technology.  Countries like China
have banned the use of Facebook, and this has proven effective in protecting against
cyber racism acts. Cyber racism is also another factor that affects the effectiveness
of this cyber law. Cyber homophobia is another form of cyberbullying that has been
on the rise and has made internet censorship less effective.  Some malicious ways
people can undergo cyber embarrassment are through emails or text messages, as
revealed by the Workplace Sexual Harassment Commission Survey of 2012 (Barlow
2016). With the introduction of online social networking tools like Twitter, it has
become difficult for the government to control this type of bullying which mainly
involves abusing language on social media platforms to abuse others like the
LGBTIs and other socially abused groups (Barlow 2016).  Some of the issues that
have made internet censorship less effective include cyberbullying, cyber racism,
cyber sexism or sexual harassment, and cyber homophobia (Barlow 2016), among
others. It is one of the factors that has made internet censorship not work
effectively due to the distress and risks it brings to the human’s well and
psychological well-being (Barlow 2016).  This law puts some restrictions on the type
of information uploaded or posted on the internet.  Although the government of the
US has tried to implement measures that can prevent cyberbullying, its efforts have
proven futile.

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