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Censorship is the removal or withholding of information from the public by a controlling group or body. Most censorship is a derivation from the government, while other forms of censorship do exist. One such example is the PMRC (Parental Music Resource Center). The PMRC was started by Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore, in the 1980’s and through her husbands’ political connections, the PMRC managed to get legislation passed requiring all music it found “inappropriate†to contain a warning label to parents. This warning label is still widely used to censor music. The withholding of official secrets, commercial secrets, intellectual property, and privileged lawyer-client communication is not usually described as censorship when it remains within reasonable bounds. Because of this, the term "censorship" often carries with it a sense of untoward, inappropriate or repressive secrecy. Censorship is closely related to the concepts of freedom of speech and freedom of expression. When overused, it is often associated with human rights abuse, dictatorship, and repression. The term "censorship" is often used as a pejorative term to signify a belief that a group controlling certain information is using this control improperly or for its own benefit, or preventing others from accessing information that should be made readily accessible (often so that conclusions drawn can be verified).

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