In China It's Called Gogle

The internet, a.k.a “the information superhighway” offers a ton of information at the click of a mouse. Whether you log on for research, work or personal use, the internet offers answers to every questions. However, not everyone is riding in the left lane of the information superhighway. Take China and other countries that regulate information access for example. The Chinese government filters any information that they deem sensitive to their cause and thus are keeping their users in the right lane of the information super highway. In doing this, the government is limiting their people’s access to information and thus restraining the search power of Google and other search engines.
The fact that China and other countries control what information their people can see just makes me further appreciate the many freedoms that we as Americans enjoy. I can not imagine living in a society where avenues for knowledge are limited. By restricting people’s access to information you are controlling their ability to learn and nourish their education and develop their own personalities. Instead, I believe information control just creates a more uniformed, robotic society and this is only detrimental to the advancement of human civilization. If people aren’t allowed access to information to grow and develop their intellectual capabilities then they will never reach their full potential. Who is to say that somewhere in China there isn’t the person that will find the cure for cancer walking around with the quest to quench their thirst for information?
China’s decision to regulate information on the internet is a true testament to the old notion that knowledge is power, because it truly is. A mobilized, informed group of citizens can be a very powerful force to deal with and can prove a threat to any government. It happened in France, it happened here in America and it can happen anywhere.
To deny people access to information is to deny them life. Knowledge breeds power which only benefits society as a whole.