Censorship
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[[Image:Perversion for Profit.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A typical image from ''[[Perversion for Profit]]'': a photograph taken from a [[lesbian pornography]] magazine and [[censorship|censored]] with [[censor bar|colored rectangles]]]] | [[Image:Perversion for Profit.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A typical image from ''[[Perversion for Profit]]'': a photograph taken from a [[lesbian pornography]] magazine and [[censorship|censored]] with [[censor bar|colored rectangles]]]] | ||
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'''Censorship''' is the removal or withholding of information from the [[public]] by a controlling group or body. Typically censorship is done by [[government]]s, religious groups, or the [[mass media]], although other forms of censorship exist. The term "censorship" often carries with it a sense of [[untoward]], [[inappropriate]] or [[repressive]] [[secrecy]]. | '''Censorship''' is the removal or withholding of information from the [[public]] by a controlling group or body. Typically censorship is done by [[government]]s, religious groups, or the [[mass media]], although other forms of censorship exist. The term "censorship" often carries with it a sense of [[untoward]], [[inappropriate]] or [[repressive]] [[secrecy]]. | ||
Censorship is closely related to the concepts of [[freedom of speech]] and [[freedom of expression]]. When overused, it is often associated with [[human rights]] abuse, [[dictatorship]] and [[repression]]. | Censorship is closely related to the concepts of [[freedom of speech]] and [[freedom of expression]]. When overused, it is often associated with [[human rights]] abuse, [[dictatorship]] and [[repression]]. | ||
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- | [[Banned]] - [[hidden]] - [[illegal]] - [[illicit]] - [[secret]] | ||
== By medium == | == By medium == | ||
*[[Banned books]] | *[[Banned books]] |
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Censorship is the removal or withholding of information from the public by a controlling group or body. Typically censorship is done by governments, religious groups, or the mass media, although other forms of censorship exist. The term "censorship" often carries with it a sense of untoward, inappropriate or repressive secrecy.
Censorship is closely related to the concepts of freedom of speech and freedom of expression. When overused, it is often associated with human rights abuse, dictatorship and repression.
By medium
References
- The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France by Robert Darnton
- Obscene: The history of an indignation (1962) by Ludwig Marcuse.
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