Category: Censorship

Having social media can have many ethical and legal implications. Social media such as Facebooks censorship has arisen on its users. Imagine having to follow certain rules in order to open a Facebook account and being monitored. Following the same information filtering and reporting requirements as the government commands. Thousands and thousands of people use…

If ones friend jumps off a bridge would they follow? Most people are asked this question because they are doing something dumb that they saw someone else do. Now take that and apply it to watching movies and TV. If one sees or hears something on a movie, they are more than likely to repeat…

In todays world, it feels as if every sentence, no matter the platform, is inherently censored and carefully constructed. This phenomenon can be attributed to political correctness, or PC, movement. The PC movement has permeated all major platforms such as radio, social media, television, and literature. The fact of the matter is that some different…

According to the Lexico Dictionary, censorship is defined as the suppression or repudiation of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are deemed offensive, politically unacceptable, or a threat to safety and security (Lexico Dictionary, 2019). In many countries, governments censor web content and information to protect their citizens from harmful and dangerous material,…

Han Fei was a philosopher who believed that not only healthy relationships can unite China but also strict rules with punishments for those who broke the laws and rewards for those who are loyal. He synthesized the majority of the legalist beliefs and wrote a book called Han Feizi (Feizi). The Qin dynasty used Legalism…

Social media is becoming more widely used in everyday life and is becoming a platform home to a larger variety of content. There has been a lot of debate over whether social media regulation is necessary and what this type of regulation will mean for peoples rights and freedoms. Many argue that social media is…

Recent times have witnessed increased physical and verbal assaults on the Indian writers, thereby placing greater restrictions on publications and creative thoughts. At such a juncture, it becomes worthwhile to explore the dictates of censorship in certain theoretical as well as non-theoretical frames of reference. Such efforts would assist in preserving the integrity of literature…

Internet is ubiquitous in every household across the globe. Today, more than 3 billion people, approximately 45% of the world population, are online, a trend that is not likely to slow down anytime soon. Everyone has access to massive amount of information that is available at finger-tips. It provides a platform where people can connect…

Introduction For Internet companies with huge information, information review plays a very important role. The information review work is the guarantee of the quality of the entire website and the lifeline of the website. For example, Sina, Sohu, facebook, Alibaba, twitter, etc., which generate massive amounts of information every day, as well as various large-scale…

Society especially the young kids have become dependent on the internet to express themselves and their thoughts. So what if the freedom to express oneself through the internet was taken away? It can come as a way for internet censorship. It means that what is being published and viewed can be regulated and control or…