Censorship
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Censorship
Everything in the world today is affected by censorship. It effects everybody whether they know it or not. It is in music, movies, videogames, books, magazines, newspapers and on the internet.
Items are censored for many different reasons. One reason is because people feel insecure about things so they censor them so that others will not read or hear about them. Another reason things get censored is because some might feel that they are inappropriate for children under a certain age to obtain. Examples of these are: pornographic material, videogames, movies and cd's. "In December 2000, the United States Congress passed legislation requiring Internet blocking technology to block pornographic materials in all public schools and libraries funded through certain federal programs"(Internet Censorship) This blocking of materials makes it nearly impossible for any student to access pornographic material from a computer in school or in a library without the proper authorization. Not just people at school or in a library can do this. It is possible for parents to also block pornographic materials on their home computers so their kids cannot look it up...