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Essay / Is censorship good or bad for our society - 549
Censorship is considered bad for our society in the eyes of many people because it prevents us from knowing the truth about many things. But is blocking us always a good outcome? I believe that censorship does good and harm to our society. When we can't know certain things because our government doesn't want us to know certain things, we will eventually know thanks to today's technology. People will hack certain websites to get things that are supposed to be censored from us, and if one person finds out about something, then a lot of people will know about it because things spread very quickly. Censorship can be beneficial for certain things like explicit lyrics on the radio or certain very adult scenes on television. I believe we should have censorship in certain areas and for certain ages, for example television shows will have scenes not intended for children. TV is something that everyone uses and you really can't control what's on at what time, so if there are kids watching a kids show one minute and the next minute, there's a shift chain....