press ban
Journalism publication prohibition
A press ban is an official restriction preventing media from publishing information about a particular subject, typically imposed by courts or governments.
Press bans often protect ongoing legal proceedings, national security, or individual privacy: The judge issued a press ban on identifying the victim.
Also called a publication ban or media blackout.
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- state censorshipGovernment restricting public expression
- gag orderCourt-imposed speech restriction
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- media blackoutSuppression of press coverage
news blackout · silencing · prior restraint · injunction · embargo · muzzle · restraint · chilling effect · freedom of speech · journalism · newspaper · off the record · kill the story · redaction · forbidden · classified · secrecy · propaganda
- restrictionslimits, limit, restrictions, restriction, rules
- media regulationcensorship, content moderation, film censorship, art censorship, redaction
- IndonesiaIndonesia, Java, Sumatra, Indonesian, Borneo
- military rulemilitary junta, military regime, military rule, military council, junta
- Speech Limitsdefamation, libel, slander, obscenity, incitement
- Baltic SovietsSinging Revolution, Soviet occupation, independence movement, National Front, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
press banfreedom of the press
Constitutional journalism protection
press freedom · free press · free speech · media freedom · journalistic freedom
press banfull disclosure
Withholding no information
transparency · open access · public release · declassification · freedom of information
press, ban, pressed, pressing, presses, presser, pressure, pressurize, pressurized