n.an organized body of people that reviewcommunications, literature, motionpictures, radio and television programs, music, etc., to judge whether the material contains anything considered threatening to political, social or moralorder. For example, groups have been established by governments to examine school texts to determine if they contain material thought to be morally or ideologically subversive, and during times of war letters and communications leaving the country are read to ensure that they contain no information valuable to an enemy.