Art censorship is back in the news, but this time it's no crazed museum visitor punching a painting, it's Facebook deactivating profiles for featuring Gustave Courbet's 1886 painting The Origin of the World. This isn't the first time the controversial painting that features a NSFW up-close vagina has faced censorship roadblocks. In the last couple decades books using the work of art on their Read more

One of my favorite scenes in Old School occurs when Vince Vaughn's character turns to his son and says, "Max can you earmuff it for me?" and then proceeds to use language you wouldn't ever want a tot to hear. The same philosophy is being used in a new revised version of Mark Twain's classic Huckleberry Finn. The 1885 tale was packed with racial stereotypes and slurs that in recent years caused Read more

Public outcry ensued when the Manhattan Declaration, a Christian statement opposing gay marriage, recently became an iPhone app, so Steve Jobs made the decision to shut it down. The manifesto states that marriage is "a conjugal union of man and woman, ordained by God from the creation, and historically understood by believers and nonbelievers alike, to be the most basic institution in society." Read more

The planned cover art for Kanye West's new album My Beautiful Twisted Fantasy matches the title. Unfortunately, the image described by Kanye as "me chilling on the couch with my phoenix" has been "banned in the USA!!" Kanye's tweets on the topic admit that it's not official censorship, but commercial considerations keeping the frightening cover off shelves. He wishes today's sensibilities could Read more

Cameron reads tabloids to Lily in a soft tone on Modern Family. Babies rock out to Katy Perry's "California Gurls" and songs with profane lyrics. If a tot is too young to talk, does the content of the texts read to them or the music played in their presence matter? What's your opinion?Photos copyright 2010 ABC Inc. Modern Family: Do You Censor What Your Baby Hears? Yes — Parents Read more