Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful or sensitive, as determined by a censor. The rationale for censorship is different for various types of data censored:

• Moral censorship, is the removal of materials that censor deems to be obscene or otherwise morally questionable. Pornography, graphic violence

• Military censorship is the process of keeping military intelligence and tactics confidential and away from the enemy. This is used to counter espionage, which is the process of gleaning military information.

• Political censorship occurs when governments hold back secret information from their citizens. The logic is to prevent the free expression needed to rebel.

• Religious censorship is the means by which any material objectionable to a certain faith is removed. This often involves a dominant religion forcing limitations on less prevalent ones.

• Corporate censorship is the process by which editors in corporate media outlets intervene to halt the publishing of information that portrays their business or business partners in a negative light. Privately owned corporations in the business of reporting the news also sometimes refuse to distribute information due to the potential loss of advertiser revenue or shareholder value which adverse publicity may bring.

As for me, I strongly disagree in censorship. I believe the world should know the truth. If everything around us was hidden what is the use of honesty. We have rights to know what is going around us. As they say ‘honesty is the best policy’. As for the young ones, who have not reached the age to know such things an age limit should be implied.

There may be benefits in censorship as it serves as a protective shield against negative elements such as pornography and excessive violence. This is particularly important in order to protect children from being exposed to things they are not supposed to be exposed to but in may opinion the benefits can be ignored as I believe and stand for the fact censorship should not be done as the WORLD NEEDSTO KNOW THE TRUTH!!!