Social Censorship

Protecting the rights of the media companies is not the only reason censorship has been used. Here in Utah, many radio stations take out swear words in songs. Here are some classic examples of social censorship:

Ever since Mark Twain's book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was released, it has been removed from several required reading list for it's use of the "n-word", which is considered politically incorrect now.

In the late 1930s up to the early 1950s, Looney Tunes created a series of 11 cartoons that would later be called the "Censored Eleven". These cartoons were removed from syndication for racial slurs and inappropriate interpretation of African Americans.

Green Eggs and Ham was temporarily banned in China, for it's "inappropriate interpretation of Marxism". The ban was lifted in 1991.

Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf was banned from several European countries for promoting Hitler's ideas and beliefs.