Government censorship has been a very controversial topic for many years now with most citizens wanting there to be no government censorship of information,and with government officials saying that the citizens are safer if they do not know certain information. I think that all information should be open to the public no matter what, with more recent events happening in the world such as terrorist attacks and shootings the public deserves to know all details on what is happening and not just what the government wants us to know. for people in north korea, they will do almost anything to obtain information that is not force fed to them by their government and if they are caught with that sort of information, there are hefty fines or even execution. For students over in idaho and north carolina they are being deprived of learning about the history of the united states and the …show more content…
to begin, people in north korea a literally dying in order to gain and transfer information to the people in this government run country if anyone in the country is found with non state-approved information, they are seen as a war criminal and can be charged with hefty fines, imprisonment, or even public execution. “During the 100-day mourning period after kim jong ill’s recent death, the new leader declared that anyone caught using a mobile phone for ‘wrong’ reasons would be tried and punished as a war criminal” (Baek 1). for us here in the united states where we have freedom, this seems crazy that these people in north korea aren't allowed to access basic information, but our government may be doing that to us more than we think. with recent events involving hillary clinton and her