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Censorship is the removal of material from television, music, books, from the internet, on grounds that it is obscene, vulgar, or very objectionable. Information is removed by a controlling group or body. Censorship is where speech can be suppressed or communicative material may be deleted, because it could be objectionable, harmful, and or sensitive. Typically done through governments, religious groups, mass media, and other forms exist. This would be determined by a so called censor. Censorship is not the same for all aspects of life. Censorship can be broken down into different categories.
Moral censorship seems to be very vague and controversial. Moral censorship is where any material that censor determines to be unmoral or questionable in regards to morality is removed. This editing also looks at the purpose behind material before removing it. This is the reason why pornography is censored in the way that it is. Moral censorship also deals with the display of violence. This......

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