Censorship

Which is a form of censorship according to the author?

• a news station only reporting the news they want to share

• advertising on the internet that tries to influence your behaviour

• a law that determines what people can or cannot say on television

• a radio station deciding what type of music they will play on the radio

An example of military censorship today would be...

• the military monitoring what officers share with the civilians

• the military using coded messages during operations

• the military preventing soldiers from calling their families

• the military not sharing updates between branches of the military

What do religious and political censorship have in common?

• They are both motivated by fame.

• They are both motivated by power.

• They are both controlled by journalists.

• They are both controlled by a political party.

According to this passage, what is one way that censorship may be beneficial?

• It limits individual freedom.

• It eliminates opposing point of view.

• It can restrict certain kind of communication.

• It can protect people from various types of threats.

What is the central idea of the text?

• Censorship is a complicated topic, since censoring content is neither clearly right nor wrong.

• All forms of censorship identified in the article are violations of human rights and have no benefits.

• The censorship discussed in the article is only employed when necessary and for the benefit of the public.

• It would be great to live in a world where information didn't need to be censored, but that's simply impossible.

Which of the following is related to military censorship?

• freedom of expression

• preserving beliefs

• national security

• forming a perspective

Which statement best describes the relationship between moral censorship and power?

• The government is allowed to decide what is considered moral.

• The government is allowed to decide what people watch on television.

• The government is allowed to stop people from promoting hate speech.

• The government is allowed to promote moral censorship under the First Amendment.

What does 'controversial' mean as it is used in paragraph 2?

• agreeable

• inspiring anger

• certain of something

• likely to cause disagreement

Censoring a movie that contains too much violent scenes is which type of censorship?

• Moral

• Military

• Political

• Religious

Censoring a newspaper cartoon criticising the government is which type of censorship?

• moral

• military

• political

• religious