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    electronic mailing lists (Wilmott 106). Right now‚ the Internet is the ultimate demonstration of the first amendment: free speech. A place where people can speak their mind without being punished for what they say or how they choose to say it. "The Internet owes its incredible worldwide success to its protection of free speech‚ not only in America‚ but also in countries where freedom of speech is not guaranteed. For some‚ it is the only place where they can speak their mind without fear of political or religious

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    Censorship In China

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    Art Censorship in China: The Unknown Third Side 15/04/2013 English Composition Fatima Al-Mousawi Art Censorship in China: A Western Issue & the Chinese Opinion “Free societies... are societies in motion… Free people strike sparks‚ and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom ’s existence”. So are the words of Salman Rushdie on the topic of freedom of speech and its censorship (Rushdie). Those words bring attention to many of today’s societies that disallow these sparks in many of

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    Censorship In Music

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    “The censorship frame consists of mass media reports that proclaim the cultural association between music and collectively shared and culturally agreed upon perceptions of deviance” (Culture‚ Rap Music‚ ‘Bitch‚" and the Development of the Censorship Frame 1). Arts and Humanities have been regulated by government through entities such as education systems‚ broadcasting stations and social domains to instill media into the minds of the people. Music is subjected to critic based on language and conceptualization

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    drNathan Kohn  Ms. Menard  Tues‚ Oct 21/14      Government Censorship of Media     Censorship by definition is ​ the practice of officially examining and suppressing details.  The word ​ censorship‚ originally neutral in tone‚ the term has come to mean the suppression of  ideas or images by the government or others with authority. (encyclopedia.com) ​ This can be  done with movies‚ books‚ the media and so forth and is sometimes used by the government  as a form of control over the populations. ​

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    Is Censorship Necessary

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    While some people believe censorship to be necessary in some contexts‚ many believe the opposite. Some reasons why censorship is not necessary are that it deprives students of their first amendment rights‚ shapes a student’s mind to think a certain way‚ which is a form of dictatorship. Lastly‚ censorship restricts the student’s and nation’s development. Censorship is about deciding on what content people can see and what people have limited access to. Whether it has qualities that are sensitive to

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    Censorship: an official authorised to examine printed matter‚ films‚ news‚ etc.‚ before public release‚ and to suppress any parts on the grounds of obscenity‚ a threat to security‚ etc. (Dictionary‚ MS Encarta) Censorship is the removal of material from public viewing or the ability to withhold any material from being released. Using this definition‚ this issue of pornography seems to be in the grey area of the censorship debate. On the one side there are the people who want to protect their children

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    of free speech. The First Amendment states‚ "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Even though free speech is one of the core American values proudly embedded in each citizen‚ some poopAmericans find themselves torn between whether or not to limit the freedom of speech

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    Freedom of Speech: Abused from Abroad Peter A. Purdon Ppurdo1632@my.sullivan.edu CSC302X - Social‚ Legal and Ethical Issues in Computing Connie Eyle‚ Instructor Abstract Foreign hate groups are using America’s servers to circumvent their countries restrictions. As a responsible international citizen‚ America should revise our policies to allow the restriction of this right as applied to non-American groups hosting their message in our country. The constitution allows for the freedom of speech

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    role in helping us in many ways. In recent years‚ internet censorship has been a globally discussed topic among governments as well as the public. There are a few of the internet users that want some of the internet information to be censored. Contrary to common belief that internet content can be damaging and should be censored‚ censorship in the internet should not be encouraged because it impacts the growth of economy‚ freedom of speech and expansion of knowledge. One of the main reasons why internet

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    Music Censorship

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    amendment that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceably assemble‚ and to petition the government for a redress of grievances‚" censorship in America still exists in a big way. "Music censorship is the term used to describe the act of editing‚ altering‚ or preventing the listener from hearing the music as the artist created it in order to

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