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SOPA/PIPA were an attempt at censorship, but not in that manner.


* America nearly avoided having this. The MPAA (a non-government organization) along with Viacom, Disney, and several other companies [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_with_official_stances_on_the_SOPA_and_PIPA#Removed_supporting_organizations]] wanted to pass SOPA/PIPA. This would have allowed corporations to pull down entire websites without any due process what-so-ever if a website so much as made mention of a website with a few blurry images of copyrighted material. Some of the claims made by its defenders and proponents was 'it stops pirating' (it wouldn't since piraters have found ways to hide their websites due to fear of being sued) and 'it's good for the economy' (even though less than 400,000 were estimated to be employed by the movie/TV industry at the time the bill was proposed, while literal millions were estimated to be employed or have their own businesses online at that time). The bills lost footing and died after its detractors, including many internet-centric groups, constantly pointed out how large corporations could use this to simply crush their legal online competitors. Less fortunately, that didn't stop a few video websites like Megavideo from getting cracked down as retaliation.
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* New Zealand has the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) as the media watchdog for televison and radio programming. In 2021, the BSA got fed up with so many repeat claims from MoralGuardians it actually wrote a list of complaints that it generally won't entertain: use of the Māori language, blasphemy, false balance, content inappropriate for children after the Main/{{watershed}}, and being unfair to politicians who give Main/{{Non Answer}}s.
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* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Lampshades this with "The Big Cheese of the Publishing Industry" vetoing the Rentarou family's idea of having a pretend drinking party with a non-alcoholic drink that causes similar effects to getting drunk since the depiction of minors consuming alcohol or anything similar in a positive light is a "no can do." To get by this, Rentarou gives everyone normal drinks, but has everyone do a bunch of things that [[PayingDrunk make it look like everyone is drunk]] (turning up the temperature and drinking cold drinks to make everyone get hiccups, having everyone recite tongue twisters for hours in order to slur everyone's speech, etc.) and then slaps a disclaimer that no alcohol is actually being consumed [[FootnoteFever on every single panel]] so that nobody flipping through the pages can take anything out of context.

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* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Lampshades this with "The Big Cheese of the Publishing Industry" vetoing the Rentarou family's idea of having a pretend drinking party with a non-alcoholic drink that causes similar effects to getting drunk since the depiction of minors consuming alcohol or anything similar in a positive light is a "no can do." To get by this, Rentarou gives everyone normal drinks, but has everyone do a bunch of things that [[PayingDrunk [[PlayingDrunk make it look like everyone is drunk]] (turning up the temperature and drinking cold drinks to make everyone get hiccups, having everyone recite tongue twisters for hours in order to slur everyone's speech, etc.) and then slaps a disclaimer that no alcohol is actually being consumed [[FootnoteFever on every single panel]] so that nobody flipping through the pages can take anything out of context.
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* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Lampshades this with "The Big Cheese of the Publishing Industry" vetoing the Rentarou family's idea of having a pretend drinking party with a non-alcoholic drink that causes similar effects to getting drunk since the depiction of minors consuming alcohol or anything similar in a positive light is a "no can do." To get by this, Rentarou gives everyone normal drinks, but has everyone do a bunch of things that [[PayingDrunk make it look like everyone is drunk]] (turning up the temperature and drinking cold drinks to make everyone get hiccups, having everyone recite tongue twisters for hours in order to slur everyone's speech, etc.) and then slaps a disclaimer that no alcohol is actually being consumed [[FootnoteFever on every single panel]] so that nobody flipping through the pages can take anything out of context.
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In the UK, the media regulator is Ofcom (in addition there is the ASA for adverts and the voluntary PCC for print media). The current UK record for the most complaints (over 39,000) about a TV program is held by ''Celebrity Big Brother'', particularly the bullying and racial abuse directed at eventual winner Shilpa Shetty during the fifth season of the show.

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In the UK, the media regulator is Ofcom (in addition there is Ofcom, while the ASA for (the Advertising Standards Authority), handles the adverts seen in shows and online, while the PCC (Press Complaints Commission) handles print media, though interestingly the latter two are voluntary PCC for print media).bodies, not legal ones, so an ad agency ''could'' ignore the rules, but in practice they don't as distributors tend not to go against them. The current UK record for the most complaints (over 39,000) about a TV program is held by ''Celebrity Big Brother'', particularly the bullying and racial abuse directed at eventual winner Shilpa Shetty during the fifth season of the show.
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These Media Watchdogs are frequently subjected to ValuesDissonance. In the Anglosphere[[note]]US/Canada, UK/Ireland, and Australia[[/note]], "old" New Zealand, Scandivania [[note]]Norway, Sweden and Finland[[/note]], the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe[[note]]Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan[[/note]], Turkey and Cuba, sex and nudity, no matter how mild, will be censored and criticized to hell, even though huge and over-the-top violence is left alone ([[NeverSayDie unless it's on a show targeted to children]]). In the rest of Europe, and "new" New Zealand, the opposite ValuesDissonance happens: sex and nudity can be found easily, but any violence is censored to hell.

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These Media Watchdogs are frequently subjected to ValuesDissonance. In the Anglosphere[[note]]US/Canada, Anglosphere (US/Canada, UK/Ireland, and Australia[[/note]], Australia), "old" New Zealand, Scandivania [[note]]Norway, (Norway, Sweden and Finland[[/note]], Finland), the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe[[note]]Russia, Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan[[/note]], Kazakhstan), Turkey and Cuba, sex and nudity, no matter how mild, will be censored and criticized to hell, even though huge and over-the-top violence is left alone ([[NeverSayDie unless it's on a show targeted to children]]). In the rest of Europe, and "new" New Zealand, the opposite ValuesDissonance happens: sex and nudity can be found easily, but any violence is censored to hell.

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* In [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/325 this]] ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' strip. The [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/326 next]] runs with it beautifully.

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* In [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/325 this]] ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' strip. The [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/326 next]] runs with it beautifully.it.



* America ''just barely'' avoided this. The MPAA (a non-government organization) along with VIACOM, Disney, and several other companies [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_with_official_stances_on_the_SOPA_and_PIPA#Removed_supporting_organizations]] wanted to pass SOPA/PIPA. This would have allowed corporations to pull down entire websites without any due process what-so-ever if a website so much as had a link to a link to a link to a link to a link to a link to a website with a few blurry images of copyrighted material. One of the excuses used was 'it stops pirating' (it wouldn't since piraters have found ways to hide their websites due to fear of being sued) and 'it's good for the economy' (even though less than 400,000 are employed by the movie/TV industry while literal millions are employed or have their own businesses online). Luckily millions of Americans called bullshit on this and constantly pointed out how large corporations could use this to simply crush their legal online competitors and the bill has since become dead-in-the-water.
** Less fortunately, that didn't stop a few video websites like Megavideo from getting cracked down as retaliation.

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* America ''just barely'' nearly avoided having this. The MPAA (a non-government organization) along with VIACOM, Viacom, Disney, and several other companies [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_with_official_stances_on_the_SOPA_and_PIPA#Removed_supporting_organizations]] wanted to pass SOPA/PIPA. This would have allowed corporations to pull down entire websites without any due process what-so-ever if a website so much as had a link to a link to a link to a link to a link to a link to made mention of a website with a few blurry images of copyrighted material. One Some of the excuses used claims made by its defenders and proponents was 'it stops pirating' (it wouldn't since piraters have found ways to hide their websites due to fear of being sued) and 'it's good for the economy' (even though less than 400,000 are were estimated to be employed by the movie/TV industry at the time the bill was proposed, while literal millions are were estimated to be employed or have their own businesses online). Luckily millions of Americans called bullshit on this online at that time). The bills lost footing and died after its detractors, including many internet-centric groups, constantly pointed out how large corporations could use this to simply crush their legal online competitors and the bill has since become dead-in-the-water.
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competitors. Less fortunately, that didn't stop a few video websites like Megavideo from getting cracked down as retaliation.
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The US version is the Federal Communications Commission. Many stations (in the US, at least) also have their own self-regulating "Standards and Practices" department (commonly known as "the network censors"). Even though the FCC only has regulatory authority over broadcast networks and not cable channels ([[https://www.fcc.gov/media/program-content-regulations except for content considered obscene or forbidden by other laws, and requiring equal opportunities for political candidates]]), most cable channels self-censor to please advertisers (though they become more lenient late at night). In Japan, the relevant body is the Eiga Rinri Kanri Iinkai, or Motion Picture Code of Ethics Committee (colloquially abbreviated as "Eirin;" [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} don't ask it for help]]).

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The US version is the Federal Communications Commission. Many stations (in the US, at least) also have their own self-regulating "Standards and Practices" department (commonly known as "the network censors"). Even though the FCC only has regulatory authority over broadcast networks and not cable channels ([[https://www.fcc.gov/media/program-content-regulations except for content considered obscene or forbidden by other laws, and requiring equal opportunities for political candidates]]), most cable channels self-censor to please advertisers (though they become more lenient late at night). In Japan, the relevant body is the Eiga Rinri Kanri Iinkai, or Motion Picture Code of Ethics Committee (colloquially abbreviated as "Eirin;" [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} [[Franchise/TouhouProject don't ask it for help]]).



** The MPAA's habit of ratings biased in favor of their studios was known even before the Bully documentary even existed. An NC-17 rated documentary called ''Film/ThisFilmIsNotYetRated'' covered the MPAA and their rating bias extensively.

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** The MPAA's habit of ratings biased in favor of their studios was known even before the Bully ''Bully'' documentary even existed. An NC-17 rated documentary called ''Film/ThisFilmIsNotYetRated'' covered the MPAA and their rating bias extensively.
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In the UK, the media regulator is Ofcom. The current UK record for the most complaints (over 39,000) about a TV program is held by ''Celebrity Big Brother'', particularly the bullying and racial abuse directed at eventual winner Shilpa Shetty during the fifth season of the show.

The US version is the Federal Communications Commission, while the latest name for the UK television one is Ofcom (in addition there is the ASA for adverts and the voluntary PCC for print media). Many stations (in the US, at least) also have their own self-regulating "Standards and Practices" department (commonly known as "the network censors"). Even though the FCC only has regulatory authority over broadcast networks and not cable channels ([[https://www.fcc.gov/media/program-content-regulations except for content considered obscene or forbidden by other laws, and requiring equal opportunities for political candidates]]), most cable channels self-censor to please advertisers (though they become more lenient late at night). In Japan, the relevant body is the Eiga Rinri Kanri Iinkai, or Motion Picture Code of Ethics Committee (colloquially abbreviated as "Eirin;" [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} don't ask it for help]]).

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In the UK, the media regulator is Ofcom.Ofcom (in addition there is the ASA for adverts and the voluntary PCC for print media). The current UK record for the most complaints (over 39,000) about a TV program is held by ''Celebrity Big Brother'', particularly the bullying and racial abuse directed at eventual winner Shilpa Shetty during the fifth season of the show.

The US version is the Federal Communications Commission, while the latest name for the UK television one is Ofcom (in addition there is the ASA for adverts and the voluntary PCC for print media).Commission. Many stations (in the US, at least) also have their own self-regulating "Standards and Practices" department (commonly known as "the network censors"). Even though the FCC only has regulatory authority over broadcast networks and not cable channels ([[https://www.fcc.gov/media/program-content-regulations except for content considered obscene or forbidden by other laws, and requiring equal opportunities for political candidates]]), most cable channels self-censor to please advertisers (though they become more lenient late at night). In Japan, the relevant body is the Eiga Rinri Kanri Iinkai, or Motion Picture Code of Ethics Committee (colloquially abbreviated as "Eirin;" [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} don't ask it for help]]).
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These Media Watchdogs are frequently subjected to ValuesDissonance. In the Anglosphere[[note]]US/Canada, UK/Ireland, and Australia[[/note]], "old" New Zealand, Scandivania [[note]]Norway, Sweden and Finland[[/note]], and the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe[[note]]Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan[[/note]], sex and nudity, no matter how mild, will be censored and criticized to hell, even though huge and over-the-top violence is left alone ([[NeverSayDie unless it's on a show targeted to children]]). In the rest of Europe, and "new" New Zealand, the opposite ValuesDissonance happens: sex and nudity can be found easily, but any violence is censored to hell.

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These Media Watchdogs are frequently subjected to ValuesDissonance. In the Anglosphere[[note]]US/Canada, UK/Ireland, and Australia[[/note]], "old" New Zealand, Scandivania [[note]]Norway, Sweden and Finland[[/note]], and the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe[[note]]Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan[[/note]], Turkey and Cuba, sex and nudity, no matter how mild, will be censored and criticized to hell, even though huge and over-the-top violence is left alone ([[NeverSayDie unless it's on a show targeted to children]]). In the rest of Europe, and "new" New Zealand, the opposite ValuesDissonance happens: sex and nudity can be found easily, but any violence is censored to hell.
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These Media Watchdogs are frequently subjected to ValuesDissonance. In the Anglosphere[[note]]US/Canada, UK/Ireland, and Australia/New Zealand[[/note]], Scandivania [[note]]Norway, Sweden and Finland[[/note]], and the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe[[note]]Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan[[/note]], sex and nudity, no matter how mild, will be censored and criticized to hell, even though huge and over-the-top violence is left alone ([[NeverSayDie unless it's on a show targeted to children]]). In the rest of Europe, the opposite ValuesDissonance happens: sex and nudity can be found easily, but any violence is censored to hell.

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These Media Watchdogs are frequently subjected to ValuesDissonance. In the Anglosphere[[note]]US/Canada, UK/Ireland, and Australia/New Zealand[[/note]], Australia[[/note]], "old" New Zealand, Scandivania [[note]]Norway, Sweden and Finland[[/note]], and the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe[[note]]Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan[[/note]], sex and nudity, no matter how mild, will be censored and criticized to hell, even though huge and over-the-top violence is left alone ([[NeverSayDie unless it's on a show targeted to children]]). In the rest of Europe, and "new" New Zealand, the opposite ValuesDissonance happens: sex and nudity can be found easily, but any violence is censored to hell.
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These Media Watchdogs are frequently subjected to ValuesDissonance. In the Anglosphere[[note]]US/Canada, UK/Ireland, and Australia/New Zealand[[/note]], sex and nudity, no matter how mild, will be censored and criticized to hell, even though huge and over-the-top violence is left alone ([[NeverSayDie unless it's on a show targeted to children]]). In the rest of Europe, the opposite ValuesDissonance happens: sex and nudity can be found easily, but any violence is censored to hell.

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These Media Watchdogs are frequently subjected to ValuesDissonance. In the Anglosphere[[note]]US/Canada, UK/Ireland, and Australia/New Zealand[[/note]], Scandivania [[note]]Norway, Sweden and Finland[[/note]], and the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe[[note]]Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan[[/note]], sex and nudity, no matter how mild, will be censored and criticized to hell, even though huge and over-the-top violence is left alone ([[NeverSayDie unless it's on a show targeted to children]]). In the rest of Europe, the opposite ValuesDissonance happens: sex and nudity can be found easily, but any violence is censored to hell.
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* Parodied in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' with babalities and friendships.

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* Parodied in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'' ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' with babalities and friendships.

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* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' parodied the censorship issue by joking that putting anything more extreme into the game would get the game an AO rating. (An Adults-Only rating is suicide for a game, because [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_63/370-Wal-Mart-Rules a certain large retailer]] refuses to stock games with the AO rating.) [[BreakingTheFourthWall In the dialogue before the final battle, no less]]. There's also the implication that the game would have to be re-edited if the plot point referenced was actually uttered, thereby delaying the game. To top it off, this is all followed by the line, "You don't want this game to become ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes [[VideoGame/DukeNukemForever Forever]]'', do you?" This line is in the original Japanese version as well, since CERO (Japan's equivalent of the ESRB) is similar in how they act.
** They also went for broke in the dialogue that they skip through. It's a REALLY, REALLY bad story!
** You can slow down the speed so you can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A22Nkt_fDBc hear what is really being said]].

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* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' parodied the censorship issue by joking that putting anything more extreme into the game would get the game an AO rating. (An Adults-Only rating is suicide for a game, because [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_63/370-Wal-Mart-Rules a certain large retailer]] refuses to stock games with the AO rating.) [[BreakingTheFourthWall In the dialogue before the final battle, no less]]. There's also the implication that the game would have to be re-edited if the plot point referenced was actually uttered, thereby delaying the game. To top it off, this is all followed by the line, "You don't want this game to become ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes [[VideoGame/DukeNukemForever Forever]]'', do you?" This line is in the original Japanese version as well, since CERO (Japan's equivalent of the ESRB) is similar in how they act.
** They also went for broke in the dialogue that they skip through. It's a REALLY, REALLY bad story!
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act. You can slow down the speed so you can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A22Nkt_fDBc hear what is really being said]].



* Parodied in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'' and 3 with babalities and friendships.

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* Parodied in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'' and 3 ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' with babalities and friendships.
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-->'''Gil''': You see, the guy who stole the filthy dirtbag is actually a slimy scuzzball.\\

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-->'''Gil''': You see, the guy who stole the filthy dirtbag dirtbag[[note]]as in, a filthy bag filled with dirt[[/note]] is actually a slimy scuzzball.\\
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*** We may, as future generations may not have heard George Carlin's work. The "Seven Dirty Words" are "shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker[[note]]"Motherfucker" was briefly removed, as "fuck" is already one of the Seven Dirty Words and therefore "motherfucker" doesn't warrant a separate entry. Carlin would later put "motherfucker" back on the list because the verbal flow of the bit doesn't really work without it.[[/note]], and tits". Things have gotten lenient in the modern era, and the second word on the list has been said in kids' movies such as ''Film/{{Elf}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets2''.

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*** We may, as future generations may not have heard George Carlin's work. The "Seven Dirty Words" are "shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker[[note]]"Motherfucker" was briefly removed, as because (as pointed out to him by a fan) "fuck" is already one of the Seven Dirty Words and therefore "motherfucker" doesn't warrant a separate entry. Carlin would later put "motherfucker" back on the list because the verbal flow of the bit doesn't really work without it.[[/note]], and tits". Things have gotten lenient in the modern era, and the second word on the list has been said in kids' movies such as ''Film/{{Elf}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets2''.

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