Possible points for/against censorship is essential in advertising
Keywords: ‘To what extent’ and ‘censorship’ and ‘essential’ and ‘advertising’.
• Monitor offensive material
• Identify misleading claims (e.g. consumer protection)
• Protect children (e.g. watershed)
• Prevent scams
• Protect health (e.g. smoking)
• Protect vulnerable
• Too much political correctness
• Censorship unnecessary after the watershed
• Nanny state (in a democracy)
• Overstates the actual influence of advertising
• Censorship is at the whim of various prejudices and attitudes
