publication ban
Court-ordered media silence
A publication ban is a legal order prohibiting media from reporting certain information about a court case—typically to protect victims, witnesses, or the accused's right to a fair trial.
Common in cases involving minors or sexual assault: The judge imposed a publication ban on the victim's identity.
Violating a publication ban can result in contempt of court charges.
- gag orderCourt-imposed speech restriction
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- prior restraintPrepublication suppression of speech
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
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- court orderscourt order, injunction, order, subpoena, summons
- criminal courtcriminal court, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- media regulationcensorship, content moderation, press censorship, film censorship, art censorship
- youth justicejuvenile court, juvenile courts, youth court, youth courts, juvenile detention
- news embargoesmedia blackout
publication banpublic disclosure
Revealing information openly
full disclosure · transparency · public release · dissemination · open access
publication banunsealing
Removing a closure
declassification · open court · sunshine law · freedom of information
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Right to publish uncensored
freedom of the press · free press · editorial freedom · journalistic freedom
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