EXPLICIT CONTENT
EXPLICIT CONTENT AND CENSORSHIP \nCensorship\xa0is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient."[2][3][4]\xa0Censorship can be conducted by governments,[5]\xa0private institutions, and\xa0corporations.\nGovernments[5]\xa0and private organizations may engage in censorship. Other groups or institutions may propose and petition for censorship.[6]\xa0When an individual such as an author or other creator engages in censorship of their own works or speech, it is referred to as\xa0self-censorship. It occurs in a variety of different media, including speech, books, music, films, and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of claimed reasons including\xa0national security, to control\xa0obscenity,\xa0child pornography, and\xa0hate speech, to protect children or other vulnerable groups, to promote or restrict political or religious views, and to prevent\xa0slander\xa0and\xa0libel.\n\n\ufffc\n\nBook burning in Chile\xa0following the\xa01973 coup\xa0that installed the\xa0Pinochet regime.\n\nDirect censorship may or may not be legal, depending on the type, location, and content. Many countries provide strong protections against censorship by law, but none of these protections are absolute and frequently a claim of necessity to balance conflicting rights is made, in order to determine what could and could not be censored. There are no laws against self-censorship.