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Isn't the stated intent of most censorship to protect from harm?

I think the distinction is pretty clear.

But if it needs to be clearer: in censorship the harm is in the ideas themselves, the perspectives they spread.

In prohibitions that are non-censorship, it doesn't have anything to do with ideas. You aren't locking your door to prevent the idea of burglars entering your house.

But nearly every instance of censorship is framed as non-political and purely to protect people from harm.

Stated intent maybe yes, but that's only optics. Censorship is just meant to preserve the powers in control, be they good or bad.

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