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Censorship part 3

Posted by Taahir Henry in American History - Herman on

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356 BC-
An early example of (religious) censorship.  Alexander the great was born in 356 BC, and went on to loot Macedon , and Burn the religious texts of the Zoroastrian, and also killing their religious leaders

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1834-1835
An important case involving the news paper allowed for freedom of speech to eventually become an American right.  Between the years of 1834-1835, a man named John Peter Zenger printed negative information and claims about a royal leader, and was placed in jail as a result.  His lawyer made the argument that it shouldn’t be illegal if what he was saying was the truth, and the case was won.

1934:

The FCC is formed. They control specific communications through out America, and its territories. Mainly what we recognize is the censoring of music and videos  (Family Guy Clip)


1961: Initial idea for the internet is come up with.

1969: The internet is introduced

The internet poses a dynamic change to the way that  information is transferred , and as a result some aspects of it remain untouched or uncensored.


Present:

Although America allows freedom of speech, there are still many limitations set in place by the fcc governing the content that people are exposed too. An example of a country that limits much of what its people have access to is China. They have been known to block entire websites (like FaceBook)

















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2011-12

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