censorships
Official speech controls
Censorships is the plural of censorship, the practice of suppressing or restricting speech, writing, or other expression deemed objectionable.
The plural form appears when discussing multiple instances or systems: The various censorships of wartime governments share common features.
More often, censorship functions as an uncountable noun.
Biased information for influence
- banned booksLiterature officially prohibited
- blacklistsCatalogues of forbidden entities
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
- official secretsProtected government information
media regulation · broadcast standards · Great Firewall · samizdat · national security · classified documents · prior restraint · publication bans
Movies prohibited from screening
- book burningIncinerating texts as censorship
- artistic freedomRight to create unrestrained
- Hays CodeHollywood self-censorship rules
- protest artCreative work challenging authority
Reviewing online submissions
- shadowbanningSecret platform censorship
- deplatformingRemoving from online platforms
- terms of serviceBinding usage conditions
- community guidelinesRules for group behavior
takedown notices · DMCA · geoblocking · content warnings · appeals process · social media bans · demonetization · restricted mode
Biased information for influence
- troop movementsRelocation of military forces
- operational securityProtecting sensitive information from adversaries
- embedded journalistsReporters assigned to military units
- broadcast delaysGaps between recording and airing
propaganda
Biased information for influence
- banned booksLiterature officially prohibited
- blacklistsCatalogues of forbidden entities
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
official secrets · media regulation · broadcast standards · Great Firewall · samizdat · national security · classified documents · prior restraint · publication bans · sedition laws
banned films
Movies prohibited from screening
- book burningIncinerating texts as censorship
- artistic freedomRight to create unrestrained
- Hays CodeHollywood self-censorship rules
content moderation
Reviewing online submissions
- shadowbanningSecret platform censorship
- deplatformingRemoving from online platforms
- terms of serviceBinding usage conditions
community guidelines · takedown notices · DMCA · geoblocking · content warnings · appeals process · social media bans · demonetization · restricted mode
propaganda
Biased information for influence
- troop movementsRelocation of military forces
- operational securityProtecting sensitive information from adversaries
- embedded journalistsReporters assigned to military units
blasphemy laws
Prohibitions on religious insult
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- fatwaIslamic legal pronouncement
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
apostasy · inquisition · church authority · religious offense
censorshipsfree expression
Unrestrained communication of ideas
freedom of speech · free speech · freedom of the press · press freedom · permissiveness
censorshipsfree expression
Unrestrained communication of ideas
artistic freedom · creative freedom · intellectual freedom · academic freedom · freedom of conscience
censorshipsopenness
Quality of being accessible
transparency · open access · declassification · freedom of information · whistleblowing
- political censorshipGovernment restricting public expression
- government censorshipOfficial restriction of expression
- news censorshipRestricting published information
- book censorshipRestricting access to texts
- state censorshipGovernment restricting public expression
- Internet censorshipSuppressing online information access