When we think of the internet, we just think of a million computers connected to each other ran by other computers. But, that is not necessarily the case. There are lots of things that are posted to the internet and immediately taken down for explicit content, and that’s not done by computers. It is done by people. These people determine what goes on the internet and what does not. But, what makes what they allow and what they don’t the right decision.

Lots of inappropriate and explicit images and videos are attempted to be uploaded to the internet everyday and these people decide whether posting it would be appropriate for people to view or not. They have to take into account young children seeing these images and videos and also adults. If a video is posted about a murder, it could help the law find the person who murdered the other person, but the down side is a young child could see this gruesome video and it could possible effect what they think is ok and could attempt murder later on because they just see the video. They will not look up to see if that person was charged with first degree murder or any charges at all. Why do these people get to decide what we see and what we do not. It is almost like a digital dictatorship. Some of the things that they do not allow us to see could spread awareness about the certain struggles of another country.

Not only does this effect the minds of the internet viewers, but also the people deciding if it should be posted or not. These people view these images everyday affecting their own minds and giving them different disorders such as anxiety, stress, PTSD, etc. They are in more danger because there is no one monitoring what they see. They have to see literally everything that is posted and they have to decide what the rest of the world sees.