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Censorship in Bhutan

Imagine you're playing with your toys and your mom comes in and takes away one of your toys because she thinks it's not appropriate for you. That's kind of what censorship means. It's when someone decides what you can or can't see, read or hear, and they don't think you can make that decision for yourself.

In Bhutan, censorship means that the government controls what people can see, read or hear. They do this to protect people from harmful things like violence, pornography or hate speech. But sometimes they also censor things like news that they don't want people to know about or ideas that they don't agree with.

This can be good in some ways because it protects people from harmful things, but it can also be bad because it takes away people's freedom to make their own choices. It's like your mom taking away all your toys because she doesn't trust you to pick the right ones.

Some people in Bhutan think that censorship is too strict and limits their freedom to know what's happening in the world. Others think that it's necessary to protect people from harmful things. What do you think?
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