pointless censoring

Censorship in an image that completely fails to properly conceal the object in question, or is located on the place where there is nothing worth censoring.

Examples include:

• Bar censor that barely obscures the object
• Mosaic censoring at such a high resolution that it appeared as uncensored while the image is not zoomed in

A complete lack of censorship is generally frowned on by Japanese publishers due to the self-censorship policy as a result of the Article 175 of the Japanese law forbidding all kind of pornography within Japan, so artists will use techniques seen here in order to avoid confrontation or prosecution.

See also

• Fake censor
• Censored identity

This tag implicates censored (learn more).