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The plaster cast of David at the Victoria and Albert Museum has a detachable plaster fig leaf which is displayed nearby. Legend claims that the fig leaf was created in response to Queen Victoria's shock upon first viewing the statue's nudity and was hung on the figure prior to royal visits, using two strategically placed hooks.[1]
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Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient".[2][3][4] Censorship can be conducted by governments,[5] private institutions.[6] When an individual such as an author or other creator engages in censorship of their own works or speech, it is referred to as self-censorship. General censorship occurs in a variety of different media, including speech, books, music, films, and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of claimed reasons including national security, to control obscenity, pornography, and hate speech, to protect children or other vulnerable groups, to promote or restrict political or religious views, and to prevent slander and libel. Specific rules and regulations regarding censorship vary between legal jurisdictions and/or private organizations.

  1. ^ "David's Fig Leaf". Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
  2. ^ "censorship noun". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  3. ^ "cen·sor·ship". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Definition of censorship in English". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on September 26, 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. ^ "censorship, n.". OED Online. Oxford University Press. June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  6. ^ "What Is Censorship". ACLU.

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