Censorship of information and media can take different forms & names, to name a few:
* Book-burning
* Age-restricted material
* Parental permission
* Anti-pornography crusades
Most commonly, "book banning" comes to mind. Motivations to ban a book can range from moral to religious to political reasons.
Jurisdictions limiting particular books, for instance, typically comprise of governments, libraries, religious institutions, and schools.
As individuals, we can obtain most of the texts themselves with online purchasing or eBook options through our digital devices. Plus, VPNs can help by-pass country-based filters that might limit access to certain titles. It is most often tax-funded organizations that struggle to determine the proper amount of censorship to impose upon their purchasing and material displays, despite numerous public policies existing to discourage such infringement of intellectual freedom.
Image at left taken from book cover to Read dangerously: the Subversive power of literature in troubled times, by Azar Nafisi from 2022. Click HERE for access to it in our catalog!