Many politicians tend to cite "in the interest of the children" as a reason to allow censorship to go on. However, in some cases this is not the real reason. Government tries to rationalize controls on people by blocking things "in the interest of the children." Many cases, blocks are placed in order to suppress resistance of the government so people don't question things. It's very sad how the children are used for justifying censorship. One of the most large-scale examples was Green Dam Youth Escort, which was a failed attempt by the People's Republic of China to mandate internet content-control for all children in the country (it had numerous failures and controversies).
Some things should be censored because music and television influence children in both positive and negative ways.
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