'''Censorship''' is the prohibition of speech from an audience for ideological reasons, as in the banning of prayer in the classroom.
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'''Censorship''' is the prohibition of speech from an audience for ideological reasons, as in the banning of prayer in the classroom. Censorship is also practiced in terms of material that goes against common standards of public morality; however, these standards tend to fluctuate depending on time and place. Language and images that may have been censored in the past are typically common fare in the American media today. On the other hand, while nudity, for example, may be acceptable on mainstream French television, that is much less likely to be the case in conservative Muslim countries.
==The [[First Amendment]] and censorship in the U. S.==
==The [[First Amendment]] and censorship in the U. S.==