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Censorship is the control of information and ideas that are brought up among people within a society. It refers to the examination of electronic and print media for the purposes of altering and deleting parts of the media thought to be inappropriate or offensive. The implication of censorship is that it is necessary for the protection of the viewing public, especially children. Nowadays, violence in movies are unintentionally encouraging teenagers, even adults to follow those 'heroic' actions in the scenes. In one incident after viewing the movie 'The Program', a teen-aged boy was killed and two others were injured after lying down along the centerline of a highway. The teenagers were imitating a scene from the movie. Touchstone Pictures removed the scene from the movie as a result of the tragedy with the teenagers. This example shows the great influence and impact on the viewing public. There are many other such tragic incidents. Who should be held accountable? The viewing public? Or the producers of these programs?