Censorship

Group Members: Paulina Reyes

Brad SherburneDillon IwasakiSung Hwang

Hannah Shepard

Censorship: A Definition Censorship is the suppression of

speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive or inconvenient to the government or media organizations as determined by a censor.

Internet censorship is the control or suppression of the publishing or accessing of information on the Internet.

   The extent of Internet censorship varies from country to country

Commonly Targeted Websites Pornographic and other objectionable websites Social networks (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter) Wikipedia Political Blogs You Tube Nazi and similar websites Religious websites Google-particularly in mainland China and

Cuba Censorship-circumvention websites