Censorship
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- "The book which most deserved to be banned would be a catalogue of banned books." --Georg Christoph Lichtenberg on the beneficial side effects of censorship.
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.
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- censorship by country
- Censorship in the Netherlands, Censorship in Germany, Censorship in the United States , Censorship in the United Kingdom, Censorship in France
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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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See also
- Book burning
- Book banning
- Expurgation
- Chilling Effect
- Newspeak
- Self-censorship
- Taboo
- Video game censorship
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