The Uses and Abuses of Censorship

The uses and abuses of censorship in developed and developing countries have been under discussion for quite a long time. Although societies claim for freedom of thought and expression, which are indispensable to live peacefully, censorship is sometimes necessary, due to the fact tha its abuse may badly influence the behaviour of a society and may also result in anarchism. There are different kinds of censorship. The most common ones are: governmental, press and television …

…for adolescents. Consequently, and in spite of political risks, Government should take some measures as regards some pernicious and detrimental programmes on television using censorship, if necessary. It is believed that in a democratic political system, censorship must no be accepted under any circumstances, however, there should be some exceptions taking into account some cases which may incite to a general and massive state of violence which may highly risk that democratic system of government.