self-censorship
Sign in to saveSelf-censorship is the act of censoring or classifying one's own discourse, typically not out of fear or deference to the perceived preferences, sensibilities, or infallibility of others, and often without overt external pressure. Self-censorship is commonly exhibited by film producers, directors, publishers, journalists, musicians, and social media personalities.
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- Reasons for self-censorship
- Psychological
- Economic
- Legal
- Taste and decency
- As a form of preference falsification
- In media
- In science
- Risks from scientific publications
- By region
- Africa
- Central Asia
- China
- Colombia
- Europe
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Pakistan
- Russia
- Turkey
- United States
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Self-censorship is the act of censoring or classifying one's own discourse, typically not out of fear or deference to the perceived preferences, sensibilities, or infallibility of others, and often without overt external pressure. Self-censorship is commonly exhibited by film producers, directors, publishers, journalists, musicians, and social media personalities.
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees freedom of speech from all forms of censorship. Article 19 explicitly states that "everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
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