anticensorship
Against content restriction
Anticensorship describes opposition to the suppression or restriction of speech, writing, or other forms of expression.
The stance typically defends the free circulation of ideas even when offensive or controversial: anticensorship activists, an anticensorship ruling from the court.
The term appears in debates over books, art, journalism, and internet content.
Disagreement with authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- satireMockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
whistleblowing · commentary · critique · editorial · publishing · samizdat · opinion · discourse
Act of revealing information
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- leaksUnwanted fluid escapes
- exposeMake known publicly
- unredactedNot obscured or removed
Pleading for a cause
- petitionFormal written appeal
- assemblyConstructing from components
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- solidarityUnity among allies
reform · opposition · ACLU · PEN · demonstration · grassroots · mobilization · campaign
Guard or monitor
- nonpartisanNot aligned politically
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- democracyRule by the people
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
Encrypted network connection
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- encryptionConverting data into code
- TorAnonymous routing network
- deplatformingRemoving from online platforms
dissent
Disagreement with authority
journalism · whistleblowing · commentary · critique · editorial · publishing · samizdat · opinion · discourse · debate
disclosure
Act of revealing information
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- leaksUnwanted fluid escapes
- exposeMake known publicly
unredacted · declassification · accountability · oversight · FOIA
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- petitionFormal written appeal
- assemblyConstructing from components
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
solidarity · reform · opposition · ACLU · PEN · demonstration · grassroots · mobilization · campaign · awareness
watchdog
Guard or monitor
- nonpartisanNot aligned politically
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- democracyRule by the people
VPN
Encrypted network connection
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- encryptionConverting data into code
- TorAnonymous routing network
anticensorshipcensorship
Official content restriction
information control · book banning · thought control · bowdlerization · expurgation
anticensorshippro-government
Supporting current authorities
authoritarian · statist · conformist · establishment · orthodox
censure, censor, censorship, censored, uncensored, censorious, censors, censoring, censurable