Editing Music video (section)

===1990s===
In 1991, the dance segment of [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[Black or White]]" was edited out because it showed Jackson "inappropriately" touching himself in it. His most controversial video, for "[[They Don't Care About Us]]", was banned from MTV, VH1, and BBC due to the alleged [[anti-Semitic]] messages in the song and the visuals in the background of the "Prison Version" of the video.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sfetcu|first=Nicolae|title=The Music Sound|year=2014}}</ref>

[[Madonna]] is the artist most associated with music video censorship. The controversy surrounding Madonna's marketing of her sexuality began with the video for "[[Lucky Star (Madonna song)|Lucky Star]]", and amplified over time due to clips such as "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]". Outcry occurred over the subject matter (relating to [[teenage pregnancy]]) discussed in the video for the song "[[Papa Don't Preach]]". "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" courted heavy criticism due to its religious, sexual, and racially oriented imagery.  In 1990, Madonna's music video for the song "[[Justify My Love]]" was banned by MTV due to its depiction of [[sadomasochism]], [[homosexuality]], [[cross-dressing]], and [[group sex]] which generated a media firestorm. In Canada, the debate over the banning of "Justify My Love" by the music video network [[MuchMusic]] led to the launching in 1991 of ''[[Too Much 4 Much]]'', a series of occasional, late-night specials (still being aired in the early 2000s) in which videos officially banned by MuchMusic were broadcast, followed by a panel discussion regarding why they were removed.

In 1992, [[The Shamen]]'s video for the song "[[Ebeneezer Goode]]" was banned by the [[BBC]] due to its perceived subliminal endorsement of the recreational drug [[Ecstasy (drug)|Ecstasy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/features/top5/drug_songs.shtml |title=Top of the Pops 2 |date=October 2002 |publisher=BBC |access-date=September 12, 2010}}</ref> [[The Prodigy]]'s 1997 video for "[[Smack My Bitch Up]]" was banned in some countries due to depictions of drug use and nudity. The Prodigy's video for "[[Firestarter (The Prodigy song)|Firestarter]]" was banned by the [[BBC]] due to its references to arson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/features/top5/banned_songs.shtml |title=Top of the Pops 2 |date=October 2002 |publisher=BBC |access-date=September 12, 2010}}</ref>

In 1993, the Australian rock band [[INXS]]' song "[[The Gift (INXS song)|The Gift]]" was banned by MTV due to its use of Holocaust and Gulf War footage, among images of famine, pollution, war, and terrorism. As well as this, metal band [[Tool (band)|Tool]]'s music video for "[[Prison Sex]]" was banned from MTV, as the video and lyrics touch on the sensitive matter of child abuse.