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LIBEL

Censorship and libel is basically when someone says something that cannot be backed up by any evidence, which causes offense to that person. It is a legal issue, and many celebrities sue for libel reasons from the press for making false accusations. For example, Kate Winslet always sues for things such as images of her being photo shopped or airbrushed. An example of her suing is when the Daily Mail lied about her exercise regime and she sued as it wasn’t true and got £25,000 from the newspaper and an apology. Another example of someone suing for libel is David Beckham when he claimed for libel and slander against a celebrity magazine that alleged he slept with a prostitute.

This would affect a writer as, they would have to be careful and have evidence for anything they put in a script about somebody existent. For example saying that David Beckham kissed someone in their script could get them into a lot of trouble, is they were being serious and it wasn’t true.