Government Censorship In The United States

Although we, as citizens of this country, are guaranteed freedom of speech and press by the first amendment, we are encouraged to “watch what we say”. In order to avoid unnecessary violence and to keep people from being offended, it is recommended the certain things be censored. While many may look at this censorship as a well-needed percussion it can reversely be seen as going against one's first amendment rights, in itself causing controversy.

     Since this country was founded, we have had a set of unalienable rights that our constitution guarantees us to as Americans. One of the most important rights that is mentioned in our constitution is the right to free speech. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the

Imagine a society in which its citizens have forfeited all personal liberties for government protection and stability; Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, explores a civilization in which this hypothetical has become reality. The inevitable trade-off of citizens’ freedoms for government protection traditionally follows periods of war and terror. The voluntary degradation of the citizens’ rights begins with small, benign steps to full, totalitarian control. Major methods for government control and censorship are political, religious, economic, and moral avenues. Huxley’s Brave New World provides a prophetic glimpse of government censorship and control through technology; the citizens of the World State mimic those of the real world by trading

Why is it that the government thinks that by censoring certain books, television shows, or even music is going to keep us from learning what's out there? If anything it’s only going to make our minds wonder even more about it. All they can really do is teach us how not to follow behind what the media is doing or saying. All we can do is just not corrupt ourselves to what the government has the media telling us to do or react.

All children are born with innocence; they have no knowledge of anything bad in the world. Some television programmers seem to oblivious to this fact. The morbid content shown on popular television shows and movies today is incriminating evidence of this. It is as if the concept of censorship is foreign to them. The legal definition of censorship is the act of banning any or all media resulting from the presumption that its content is perceived to be immoral by the Federal Government of the United States. Censorship involves the banning of any immoral content. Much of broadcasted media

Modern society faces many controversial issues that previous generations could not have possibly imagined. These issues seem to evolve with the culture and recur in new form as each generation moves on in time. For example, censorship is an issue that generations have struggled to resolve since the dawn of media and the publication of documents. Today, censorship is an important part of our world because of its ability to let parents block out or allow certain material to reach their children, its controversial stand on the freedom of press and freedom of speech rights of human beings, and its demonstration of who or what has the power at hand to control what enters the public media.

Why is media censored in certain communities and what effect does it have? In the First Amendment of the US Constitution, the right to free speech is guaranteed. However, no right is without limit. When a right begins to infringe upon other an other person or a group of people rights, it can be brought to the courts and the court will try to come up with a fair and justice salvation. An example of a speech infringing on another people's rights would be to deliberately mislead someone to take some action or inaction that then results in them harming themselves. The speaker don't have the right to harm another person with their speech.

Censorship may be protection from inappropriate materials, but it also limits free speech. For the limitation of free speech, it is reasonable why people are emphatically against censorship. It is understood that there is a need to filter some of the materials released in today’s society, but too much is being done by people who have no right meddling with everyone’s rights. Civilization has always been plagued by a never ending battle being fought over what is deemed right and wrong. In today’s culture, censorship oppresses everything in the media. From movies and music to television and even news stories, most of the content viewed today has been filtered one way or another. Restrictions have been in place since early societies have been

Government censorship is a huge issue, particularly when it comes to media messages. There is a fine line that must be walked when deciding what should be censored. However, it boils down, in my opinion, to one major consideration; is what is being made public going to harm or endanger anyone? If the answer to that is no then I don’t think that the government should censor it. However, I do think that we have seen examples, recently right here in Tuscaloosa where some kind of government censorship should have been exercised.

I think it is more about protecting than censoring. Parents have always wanted to protect what their kids are able to hear or see. Before the age of the internet, parents only allowed certain television programs to be viewed by their children, subsequently they would only allow their children to be in the company of people that they felt were a “good influence,” or they flipped through a book before giving it to their children. It is a parent’s duty to be sure their kids are not being exposed to information that could harm their perceptions of the world, or distort their views of their

Government and media influencing each other is a tender ethical situation. Initially, it seems simply appalling that any government would either censor or use its media as a tool, but considering the possible benefits of such acts makes the issue more complex. What if censorship saves lives? What if manipulating the media brings a resolution to a conflict?

Well it’s as easy as buying a fresh drink from the dollar store. Minors can enter an illegal age number, and he can have access to as much as an actual adult can, including Chat rooms, Pornography, explicated music and videos with extreme violence. Therefore media should be censored so that we are able to keep minors away from things that are inappropriate to them, and stop the breeding of these negative behaviors.

After all my readings and research, I have come to the conclusion that free speech, media regulation and media and society are very controversial topics. There are many aspects of each that can be agreed or disagreed on. Breaking down each, I am going to analyze what I think about the author’s line of arguments and recommendations, as well as give my own.

3. Protects young children. The most obvious benefit of censorship includes radical regulations aimed at protecting children from obscene content. Moreover, media censorship help prevent hate speech and other organizations that spread hate ideologies. By filtering media content, parents are sure that their children are safe from obscene content.

We live in an ever-changing world where media is growing day by day. Rules must change to agree with the ever-changing media and the effects of it. With all this comes the question of how far and how much should media be regulated without neglecting them of their rights. Some would say that the government has put too much regulation on the media while others may think that media needs more regulation. We must also acknowledge the Citizens freedom of expression and what the people can do with those rights. In this paper, I will talk about Our Right to express, media Regulation in America, Court cases that helped us define the rules, and the yes and no’s.