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censorship

Also known as censoring

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Censorship is the suppression of speech, communication, or information that someone considers objectionable, harmful, or inconvenient—and it can be carried out by governments, private institutions, or even by individuals censoring their own work. It matters because censorship affects what information and ideas people can access and share across many forms of media, from books and films to the internet and press.

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Commons category: Censorship
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10003480
equivalent class: wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/pwn30/00397347-n
P13411: May 27

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Definition
Rationale and criticism
Types
Political
State secrets and prevention of attention
Religion
Educational sources
Economic induced censorship
Self-censorship
Copy, picture, and writer approval
Reverse censorship
Soft censorship
Financial censorship
By media
Literature
Journalism
Films
Music
Maps
Art
Photography
Pornography
Internet
Social media
Weather reports
Video games
Impact of surveillance
Implementation
Concessions to avoid censorship
By country
Notes
See also
References
Works cited
Further reading

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments and private institutions. When an individual such as an author or other creator engages in censorship of their own works or speech, it is referred to as self-censorship. General censorship occurs in a variety of different media, including speech, books, music, films, and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of claimed reasons including national security, to control obscenity, pornography, and hate speech, to protect children or other vulnerable groups, to promote or restrict political or religious views, and to prevent slander and libel. Specific rules and regulations regarding censorship vary between legal jurisdictions and/or private organizations.

==Definition== There are many types of censorship.