[KenWittlief]

The US government cannot censor our media, because that would require every broadcast be reviewed by a government representative before the broadcast happens, and any objectionable material is removed. That is what happens in China.

In the US the FCC has regulations and imposes fines for content and expressions that are considered lewd and vulgar, but they do not censor the content, they have the authority to impose fines and penalties after the fact.

H. Stearn has proven that, if you are willing to pay the fines you can say whatever you want. In his case he has made more money by being obscene and paying the fines. He has never spent a day in prison for saying (*@# or @(#&$&# or even for saying {(&&*!+=;>~%*@+! on the radio.

But what China is doing with Wikipedia is not about obscenity or vulgarity, it is about controlling what anyone is allow to say or read regarding any aspect of the Chinese government.