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In my essay I am going to talk about music and censorship. I will focus on pop and rock in Europe, especially in the United Kingdom, and America. I think the music culture of those two countries provides a good example to explain the reasons and impacts of censorship.
To start off, I am going to give some explanations of what censorship exactly is and who has the main role of power in deciding what is going to be censored. I will talk about various reasons of censorship, such as violence, sex or drugs, and give examples of why it is closely related to culture, society and politics.
I chose to write about music because it also raises deeper questions about the freedom of expression that is protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

‘Censorship is based on fear. It is conservative and wants to preserve a particular set of values.' said South African musician Johnny Clegg. Is it really true that this form of state control is a simple way of oppression or can it......

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