Yujin+Chong+TEEL


 * **Topic sentence** || == This is the main idea that you want to make about the topic. It should state in one sentence what your paragraph is going to be about. ==

Restrictions on public access to information should be limited to a certain extent. ||
 * **Elaboration** || == Write one or two sentences explaining your topic sentence. ==

Publicized, common information among people is essential because it allows the society to improve and increases the capacity of understanding in people. However, it is inevitably true that unrestrained information may stimulate hate, promote violence, spread false information, offend an individual's rights, or to abuse one's security. ||
 * **Examples/Evidence** || == Provide at least two pieces of specific evidence that support your topic sentence. ==

1.) Internet censorship in China 2.) http://wikileaks.org/ ||
 * **Explanation/Analysis** || == This is a crucial part of the paragraph which requires some thought. Here, you need to explain how the evidence/examples you provided support your main idea in the topic sentence. This should be 2-4 sentences in length. ==

Internet censorship is China not only restricts media but also limits communication through social networking sites. This is controversial because people do not know what is going outside of their "confined" community and they cannot tell others about it either, thanks to the grasp of the government. However, sites such as WikiLeaks.org prevent governmental barriers on media or communication by anonymously allowing people to share closed information to the world. WikiLeaks has invaded the rights of the groups/individuals that have been in their reports, but in return, the world is now aware of information that would have otherwise been unknown to them, such as journal logs from the wars in the Middle East. ||
 * **Link sentence** || == This sentence summarizes your paragraph and links back to the main idea in the topic sentence. When writing an essay, the role of the this sentence is to link the paragraph back to your thesis. ==

A moderate amount of restrictions of information should be held on person because the individual has a right to be globally aware and how it affects that person. ||

__**Should there be limits to our access of information?: PARAGRAPH**__

Restrictions on public access to information should be limited to a certain extent. Publicized, common information among people is essential because it allows the society to improve the capacity of understanding in people. However, it is inevitably true that unrestrained information may stimulate hatred, promote violence, spread false information, offend an individual's rights, or abuse one's security. In fact, nowadays, examples of censorship/anti-censorship is apparent in China's Internet or Wikileaks.org. Internet censorship is China not only restricts media but also limits communication through social networking sites. This is controversial because people do not know what is going outside of their "confined" community and they cannot tell others about it either, due to the strong grasp of the government. However, sites such as WikiLeaks.org prevent governmental barriers on media or communication by anonymously allowing people to share closed information to the world. WikiLeaks has invaded the rights of the groups/individuals that have been in their reports, but in return, the world is now aware of information that would have otherwise been unknown to them, such as the journal logs from the wars in the Middle East. This shows how a certain amount of restrictions of information should be held on people because the individuals have a rights to be globally aware and how it affects that their community.