censorship board
Media approval committee
A censorship board is a government body or official panel that reviews films, publications, or other media and decides what may be shown to the public.
Such boards typically have authority to ban content outright, require cuts, or assign age ratings: The censorship board refused to approve the documentary.
The term often carries negative connotations, suggesting state control of expression.
- moral valuesStandards of right conduct
- film ratingsAge-appropriateness designations for movies
- age ratingSuitability guideline by maturity
- rated RFilm classification requiring maturity
- content warningAdvisory about sensitive material
regulatory agency · appeals process · public interest · national security · societal norms · family friendly · parental guidance · democratic oversight · free speech · prior restraint · authoritarian regimes · classification system · oversight committee · administrative review · licensing authority · community standards · legal framework · theatrical reviews
- Apartheidapartheid, pass laws, Group Areas Act, passbook, passbooks
- Film Organizationsfilm institute, film studio, film school, film society, Screen Actors Guild
- Soviet InstitutionsPolitburo, KGB, Kremlin, Central Committee, GRU
- Cultural Policyarts funding, arts council, arts councils, heritage preservation, cultural institutions
censorship boardfree press
Journalism without censorship
WikiLeaks · free speech zone · samizdat · underground press · pirate radio
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