Types of Censorship

In this post, we would elaborate more on types of censorship. As Kwan Hui said in the previous post, there are five types of censorship.

Moral
This type of censorship refers to issues in which moral issues are contained. Those in charge of censoring the material may find questionable content that they do not wish their audiences to observe and would wish to withhold those sorts of ideas. An example of such would be pornography or nudity in film.

Military
The act of military censorship is to withold tactics and national information from other nations and enemies. Another way that the military is censored is by preventing disturbing images or videos of war time scenarios available to the public.

Political
This occurs when the government needs to keep secrets from its civilians in order to prevent an uprising or disruption. Democracies such as ours are not too approving of this type of censorship, but have been seen to show it in the past. An example of this could be the watergate scandal, which was witheld from public view in order to prevent the demoralization of the government, and provide a "weakness" for enemies to exploit.

Religious
This is shown when one religion sees questionable material and has it removed. It is often used by one religion to make another seem of a lesser value, as a form of competition. One religion may dissaprove of the ideas of another religion in order to be more accurate with their specific faith.

Corporate

This occurs when a corporation sees that material that is unfitting to them or their business partners. It is a good tactic in keeping their reputation respectable. Also, in light of the news, the business may wish to keep certain information private, in order to increase the customer numbers.

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What is Censorship?

Guys, you do know what is censorship? Censorship is the control of the information and ideas circulated within a society. Censorship can be achieved through the examination of books, plays, films, television and radio programs, news reports and other forms of communication for the purpose of altering or suppressing ideas found to be objectionable or offensive.

The rationale for censorship have varied, with some censors targeting material deemed to be indecent or obscene; heretical or blasphemous; or seditious or treasonous. Therefore, ideas have been suppressed under the guise of protecting three basic social institutions which are the family, the church and the state.

Censorship is divided into a few categories and they are:
1. Moral
2. Military
3. Political
4. Religious
5. Corporate

On a different level, the actions and reactions of large corporations to the Internet has to be factored into any discussion of economic censorship. Some firms have paid search engine companies for preferential placement in particular subject categories when a user submits an online search inquiry. Is the information tainted because someone has paid for it to be "found," or should the standard be that so long as all responsive information is displayed to the user, placement is irrelevant?

Some governments have used a powerful array of techniques and arguments to marshal support for their censorship efforts in order to protect the national security. The curious reader is urged to read far and wide in the classic texts to see that the problem of governments and citizens reacting in this way is not a new one. What is new are the potential global consequences.

In the next post, we would explain more further on the types of censorship. Stay tuned.

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