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       Do you have your own voice? Can you stand up for what you believe in? If you can, you are one of the many people that are able to. And then there are some who cannot express what they feel, what they think or what they can give. Media censorship is a serious issue that needs to be addressed and terminate. In my opinion, it is a way that denies human rights to people. For example, China Amnesty International notes that the country had the biggest recorded number of imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents in the world.Their people are not allowed to have an opinion that will jeopardize their political authority. If such act is shown, like blogging or commenting on any anti-communist articles will be erased within minutes as the government hired of more than 30 000 internet police. Furthermore, media censorship also prevents the internet users of China to gain any information that can ruin the country's image. For example, the information that we get from North America when we search the web about "Tienanmen Square" will give as results of photographs and reports of the protest to voice out for democracy that followed to the death of a pro-democracy official Hu Yaobang. However, if you are halfway around the world, in China, the search result will show nothing of the sort. The only thing that will appear will be photos depicting this beautiful plaza. Not only is media censorship denying the freedom of expression, but it also takes away the chance for people to be informed of knowledge of truth as the government tries to brainwash its people showing that China is a perfect, beautiful country. Therefore, the Chinese government has put a wall that separated itself from the moderning world to "protect" its traditional ways.

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