You’re not allowed to read this. The single most effective marketing strategy.

1:08
Getting banned in England for promoting democracy is crazy work.

Edit: OK, I get it. England wasn’t the democracy I thought it was. Elections does nothing, and speech is definitely not free. I just, didn’t know.

The israeli prison books are the ones that utterly baffle me.

I refuse to believe France of all countries banned Lolita for that reason

These are not all "banned" exactly.  Some of them were pulled from school curricula but that's not a nationwide ban.  Every nation has, and should have, a limited school library list for books and films.  Do you want your 1st grader watching "I Spit on Your Grave"?

Banning books are so old when social media has a faster radicalization

1:18 As someone from the CIS region, I can tell you that back in the late 1930s, the USSR had a translation of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by Alexander Volkov titled "The Wizard of the Emerald City" Volkov subsequently used this as the basis for a series of six fairy tales.

Newflash: if people can read and be easily persuaded. Theyll probably be persuaded by anything.

Holy shit, the story around The Satanic Verses one being banned is CRAZYYY. Apparently it's so offensive to Islam that Iran basically declared war on the author, leading to several assassination attempts on him as recently as 2022, in which he lost an eye. He's under specific UK government protection lol.

Emperor Augustus be like: you shall not commit adultery, Ave Christvs Rex

I understand that the author was banned from Google. But the books were published in the USSR — “The Jungle” was published in 1956. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. In 2 volumes. – M.-L.: State Socio-Economic Publishing House, 1935-1936.There was also a 1924 edition.The "Iron Heel"for example was published in 1923,1930, 1948.
The Wizard of Oz was adapted as The Wizard of Emerald City in 1939.

8:32 not even a blasphemy. Literally stuff that are actually in the Coran for real. They just don't like people pointing it out.

Banned anime/manga, apps, books... so maybe now banned TV shows or songs

3:25 I've met Natan Sharansky. He's a great man. And he's an absolute riot at dinner parties. Tells the best jokes and is fun to be around.

5:18 briefly banned but the ban was overturned.

9:06 the US is seriously weird.

One book I’m worried about getting banned in the United States is I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (the antagonist is an ai that hates humans so much it killed all but 5 of them, and proceeds to torture them)

‏‪5:19‬‏ i live in Israel and this book never was banned by the government

the dream of the red chamber never got banned... actually Mao loved this book

Some addings from me:
Summer in a pioneer tie (Лето в пионерском галстуке) - Banned in Russia for gay-propaganda
All the pro-communist/socialist books - banned in Ukraine for promoting communism
Nude breakfast - banned in USA for containing rude words and for the pedpophilia
American Psycho - banned in Germany and Australia for rude words and violence