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Censorship in GovernmentBY: SEAN MORGAN, LUIS AFIUNI AND JOHN BAECK
Definition4 types of censorship
Political Censorship Religious Censorship Censorship of obscenity Censorship affecting academic freedom
church Censorship state Censorship private Censorship
Definition3 branches
“It occurs in all manifestations of authority to some degree, but in modern times it has been of special importance in its relation to government and the rule of law”
Definition
The Political Liberal Theory “The practise of censorship involve an intricate and always
controversial balance between the power of government to enforce speech related prohibitions and procedural safeguards against the abuse of governmental authority”
DefinitionPolitical State Censorship
History
Censorship can be dated all the way back to 440 B.C in Rome and 300 A.D in China.
Socrates The invention of the printing press in Europe in the 15th century
only increased the need for censorship.
Use of Censorship in Different Governments
Eritrea, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and China. Canada, USA and Australia
Levels of Censorship
Freedom House (FH) Freedom of the Press report:[1] 10 is most free, 99 is least free
10 to 30 Free
31 to 60 Partly free
61 to 99 Not free
Having Minimal Censorship Norway
Europe 10
Finland
Europe 10
Sweden
Europe 10
Having Moderate Censorship
Costa Rica
NAmerica 19
Germany
Europe 17
Canada NAmerica 19
Having Maximum Censorship
Iran
Asia 92
Afghanistan
Asia 74
North Korea
Asia 97
Not Necessary
“People will never be truly free. People will be oppressed because they will be unable to express themselves without fear of reprisal.”
“It created a veil of silence that permitted political and religious leaders to exercise and unyielding freedom. As their freedom increased, the freedom of expression for others diminished”
Necessary
“Hate speech uses hurtful images or words (usually based on a person’s race, religion, or sexual orientation) to threaten, intimidate, or attack. The words may be directed at one person or at a whole class of people. Hate speech may lead to violence, either because the person making the threat acts on it or because the target of the threat retaliates.”
Lastly
