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Censorship



Censorship exists in all countries to some extent, some more than others, including the U.S.A., the U.K., Germany, etc. However. It is basically when a government censors the information available to its people and where a government seeks to keep the people in a state of ignorance.

Censorship is the control of the information and ideas within a society so there for it preventions any images that are harmful to anybody else from being seen.  Certain institutions have the legal right to edit an image that may be harmful to a viewer. “The Human Centipede 2” for example was banned by the BBFC in the UK, as it showed high levels of sexual violence, child violence and sexually degrading violence towards women.  It was banned until they got the right to edit 2 minutes worth of original footage and distribute it.

But before they edit something, they must attain the permission of the creator of the image to do so as it would be affecting copyright matters. Censorship would affect a writer as there may be certain topics that they could not write about for a plot. Also if they wrote about topics that are not suitable, it may not be showed in certain countries, losing the production company out on money.