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Censorship Case Study WHAT IT IS Innocence of Muslims WHAT IT SHOWS tragic reminder that fre edom of expression does not mean that one has unfettered rights to insult and denigrate another's religion or race WHAT HAPPENED AFTER sparked a wave of riots and attacks in various parts of the world that resulted in injuries and deaths WHY CENSOR fear that it would spark immediate violence need to protect a religious community from attack continued circulation of this film is likely to cause disharmony or feelings of ill- will between different groups in Singapore HOW Media Development Authority (MDA) to request Google to stop online access to the movie trailer.

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CensorshipCase StudyWHAT IT IS Innocence of MuslimsWHAT IT SHOWS tragic reminder that freedom of expression does not mean that one has unfettered rights to insult and denigrate another's religion or raceWHAT HAPPENED AFTER sparked a wave of riots and attacks in various parts of the world that resulted in injuries and deaths

WHY CENSOR fear that it would spark immediate violence need to protect a religious community from attack continued circulation of this film is likely to cause disharmony or feelings of ill- will between different groups in SingaporeHOW Media Development Authority (MDA) to request Google to stop online access to the movie trailer.