Censorship

Censorship -- the control of the information and ideas circulated

within a society.

Media to be censored for children :

• Scientific studies" that allegedly prove fictional violence leads to real-life violence.

• The impressionable young minds can't differentiate between real and fake. We don't want our children thinking that it is cool to be all heartless.

Age Limits

Types of Censorship

• Political Censorship • Moral Censorship • Internet Censorship

Political Censor

10 Most Censored CountriesFor Political Reasons

• 1. Eritrea• 2. North Korea• 3. Saudi Arabia• 4. Ethiopia• 5. Azerbaijan• 6. Vietnam• 7. Iran• 8. China• 9. Myanmar• 10. Cuba

• These are the series that mostly use the ‘rape scenes’.

• Moral Censorship

Internet Censorship

• “Twitter, mwitter! We will wipe out roots of all,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a campaign. “They say, ‘Sir, the international community can say this, can say that.’ I don’t care at all. Everyone will see how powerful the state of the Republic of Turkey is.”

• Kübra Soğancıoğlu• Cumhuriyet University