Nowadays, censorship is one of the most controversial topics that are discussed by most people all over the world because of its serious effect on different elements in the society. Some people say its right and others say its wrong. However, Censorship is the process of banning and controlling some sort of information in a specific setting or society. Censorship could take the shape of different kinds such as censoring books, magazines, Internet, movies, music and many other demanding elements. Some people argue that the right thing is to ban censorship because it closes the person's thoughts and personality toward different aspect of life and make him/her unknowledgeable about essential things at their surroundings. On the other hand, some people say that censorship is necessary these days to protect many people from unwanted information that threatens and destroys the ones' attitudes, behavior, values, principles and knowledge. In this paper, I am going to talk about the causes and effects of censorship with regarding to people's different views about it, its consequences on society as a whole and finally my own point of view regarding this topic.
These days, people began to think seriously about the causes of censorship and its effects on different societies. Censorship is conducted because of many reasons that play an active role in damaging the one's knowledge and attitudes for a specific belief. First of all, People began to censor books, magazines, Internet and many other sources because they felt that these sources are providing destructive information that hinders the one's own growth and development of moral beliefs and rights attitudes. Also, these sources will change the one's knowledge about different aspects of life such as religion, science, sex, politics and many others and make him/her confused between what they were brought on and believes in and what is wrote for them. In...