Privacy and personal freedoms are one of the most valuable rights of citizenship that people in most countries around the world have fought hard and sometimes bloody battles to obtain. These are the divine and human rights that God has bestowed upon them.

Privacy and personal freedoms are subsets of social freedoms, and true democracy, in its philosophical definition, is the only way to achieve these freedoms, and after achieving them, the “fundamental freedom” is obtained.

It is true that democracy is born out of the demands of the majority of society, but at the same time, one of its important characteristics is the respect and protection of the rights of minorities; meaning that a majority government, relying on the powers of the majority of society, does not have the right to violate the rights of minorities. It is even worse when a government, due to having oppressive powers, not from the majority but from the minority of society, can violate the rights of the majority by relying on oppressive force, and as a result, take control of the privacy and individual freedoms of the majority of society, in which case the desires of the majority of the nation have no place and such a government is undoubtedly a dictatorship.

Such governments even have plans for the inside of homes and the personal space of individuals in society, and their goal is to penetrate even the most private layers of citizens’ lives and dictate their desires to each and every person, and to achieve this, they do not shy away from any form of surveillance, not even “aggressive surveillance”.

In such a situation, the government has special plans to achieve its goals for citizens’ privacy and directly intervenes by monitoring all aspects of citizens’ lives, including how they dress, eat, listen, read, and behave.

This supervision, which we call it rude in some cases, in the field of media, from written to auditory and verbal, as well as in the field of writing, from textbooks to novels and entertainment, is called “censorship”. Censorship, of course, in the public sphere, refers to the removal of parts or sections of a report or story, but that is not its exact meaning, because censorship does not only have the scissors of removal and cutting.

Censorship means presenting a topic in the way we want, like, and our best interest requires to the audience. Censorship is not just about removing, but also adding to its qualities. Removing or adding things that ensure the opinion of those in power is a more accurate definition of censorship.

“Supervision and censorship of “Hedieghf” do not exist, and unfortunately they go so far as to force society to blindly obey an ideology that is only approved by a few groups. Anyone who stands against this imposition or protests will be accused of opposing ideals and values.”

The more censorship and surveillance expand, the more individual and social freedoms will be limited. In some cases, it has been observed that governments only focus on monitoring and censorship in the political sphere and do not interfere in other aspects of citizens’ lives, such as social and cultural spheres.

In such societies, citizens are free to choose what to wear, what to read, what to listen to, and what to eat, but they are not allowed to express any political views they believe in, otherwise they will be dealt with.

However, some governments, in addition to the political sphere, also interfere in other aspects of citizens’ lives, and under such a government, society is not allowed to use their legitimate freedoms.

Of course, it should not be mistaken; in all societies, even the freest, most modern and democratic ones, citizens are not allowed to behave in any way they want and do not have the right to dress, speak, and act as they please. The purpose of this writing is to achieve human rights within the framework of progressive and up-to-date laws, and of course, it is legitimate.

However, in societies where the ruler imposes all their desires on the citizens, contrary to progressive and modern laws, it leads to a form of “strict dictatorship” and even undermines legitimate freedoms because it cannot tolerate any opposing voices. Such governments only think about a “monolithic” society where the only voice is that of power and authority.

Such governments with a multi-voiced society face severe difficulties and therefore threaten and intimidate any opposing voice through surveillance and censorship. However, such methods will not last long, as the majority with diverse voices will find a way to make their voices heard by others, and silencing them – even in today’s world and in the age of communication – is impossible.

Monitoring and censorship, even if built with iron walls, will eventually be breached and these breaches will turn into large gaps in a short period of time. Since the voice of opposition is born from the opposing mind and no force can contain the unlimited human mind, these gaps will one day cause the collapse of that iron wall; a wall that, after collapsing, has neither the possibility of repair nor the possibility of reconstruction.

“In times of the collapse of these walls, those in power will have no choice but to accompany the destructive flood that has been unleashed due to the collapse of the walls, and in the end, they will either be forced to join forces with this mighty flood or resist against it, in which case they can only expect to be drowned.”