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The practice of book
censorship is predominant in human history for a long period. The traces date
back to ancient China where censorship was marked as a legitimate tool for
regulating the political and moral outlook of the people (Newth, 2010). As
stated by Newth (2010), the origin of the term ‘censor’ was from the office of
censor of 443 BC, Rome. As for the Greeks for the maintenance of good
governance, it is important to shape the character of individuals of the state
and so censorship gets noted as an honourable task (Newth, 2010). However, with
time the act of censorship started getting associated with controversial
statements at large.
