I'd define "censorship" as the effort to silence speech, written or oral, and to hide away images that are seen to be offensive. The outward rationale for such censorship is that some speech is harmful if heard or read and some images are harmful if seen. The censors are invariably more powerful than those whom they censor, and so censorship results essentially from whomever can apply the greater force. In other words, censorship is "might is right." Censorship is often a tool for those who want to impose their ideological, political, or religious views on others in the guise of morality.
So my own opinion is that censorship is immoral, and I see it as doing far more harm than what harm it supposedly prevents.
So my own opinion is that censorship is immoral, and I see it as doing far more harm than what harm it supposedly prevents.