Censorship is the control of speech and other forms of human expression, often by government intervention. It is most commonly applied to acts which occur in public circumstances, and most formally involves suppression of ideas (by criminalizing or regulating expression). Discussion of censorship often further considers less formal means of controlling perceptions by excluding various ideas from mass communication. What is censored may range from specific words to entire concepts. The ostensible motive of censorship is to stabilize or improve t ...

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In England, censorship began with the introduction of copyright laws which gave the Crown the permission to license publishing. Without government approval, printing was not allowed. It is sometimes called prior restraint when a court or other governmental body prevents a person from speaking or publishing. This is sometimes viewed as worse than punishment after someone speaks as in libel suits. Censorship can be explicit, as in laws passed to prevent select positions from being published or propagated (as in the People's Republic of ...

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Censorship of music, the practice of censoring music from the public, may take the form of partial or total censorship with the latter banning the music entirely. The music in question may be a song, or part thereof, a collection of songs (such as a particular album) or a genre of music. While songs and albums have been banned in the past it has become less common in western countries. However, the censorship of particular words deemed as profanity is still commonplace. Censorship of music - Censorship of pop musi ...

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Censorship in cyberspace is often treated as a separate issue from censorship of offline material, but the legal issues are similar. The major difference is that national borders are more permeable online: residents of a country that bans certain information can often find it on web sites hosted elsewhere. Conversely, attempts by one government to prevent its citizens from seeing certain material can have the effect of restricting foreigners, because the government may take action against Internet sites anywhere in the world, i ...

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In general relativity, the cosmic censorship hypothesis (CCH) is a conjecture about the nature of singularities in spacetime. Singularities that arise in the solutions of Einstein's equations are typically hidden within event horizons, and therefore cannot be seen from the rest of spacetime. Singularities which are not so hidden are called naked. The weak cosmic censorship hypothesis conjectures that no naked singularities other than the Big Bang singularity exist in the universe. Cosmic censo ...

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Zombies Ate My Neighbours is a shooter-style video game for the Super NES and Genesis gaming systems. The game was produced by LucasArts as a comical tribute to both classic and schlocky horror films of the 1950s and 1960s. There was a sequel, Ghoul Patrol, which used more realistic graphics and more impressive monsters, but it was considered by many to lack the heart of the original, and to have thus killed the series off. Zombies Ate My Neighbors - Censorship. Due to the theme of the ...

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A chilling effect is a situation where speech or conduct is suppressed or limited by fear of penalization at the hands of an individual or group. For example, the threat of a costly and lengthy lawsuit might prompt self-censorship and have a chilling effect on free speech. In United States law, chilling effects refer to the stifling effect that vague or overbroad laws may have on legitimate speech an ...

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Censorship of music - Airplay censorship. A classic example of partial censorship in the UK is the single "God Save the Queen", by the Sex Pistols, released by Virgin Records on May 27th, 1977. The sale of this single, that coincided with the Queen's silver jubilee celebrations, was not banned. However, the track was barred for airplay on BBC's Radio 1, then the most popular radio channel in the UK. This public service broadcaster censored this single, that reached Number 2 in the charts, because of its lyrics. I ...

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Censorship in GDR - Concessions for press and media. The GDR constituted itself as a one-party state representative of the proletariat under the command and guidance of the SED ruling party (Socialist Unity Party of Germany). The freedom of the press was subordinated to the will of the ruling party, the regime and the ideological desires of the people in command. That fact is obviously contradictory to the mentioned statements of the GDR constitution. But the construction and interpretation of this constit ...

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For many years Wagner and even Beethoven were never played in Israel, though they were not formally banned, because of their association with the Nazi era (even though both died long before the Nazis came to power), and Beethoven at least could not conceivably be considered to have held fascist or anti-semitic leanings. The conductor Sir Simon Rattle provoked controversy by performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Israel. Jewish conductor Daniel Barenboim has also done a great deal to make German classical music acceptable in Israel, but cau ...

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Censorship is regarded among a majority of academics in the Western world as a typical feature of dictatorships and other authoritarian political systems. Democratic nations are represented, especially among Western government, academic and media commentators, to have somewhat less institutionalized censorship, and instead are represented as promoting the importance of freedom of speech. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics maintained one of the largest official programs for state-imposed censorship imaginable. The main organ for o ...

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Censorship is regarded among a majority of academics in the Western world as a typical feature of dictatorships and other authoritarian political systems. Democratic nations are represented, especially among Western government, academic and media commentators, to have somewhat less institutionalized censorship, and instead are represented as promoting the importance of freedom of speech. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics maintained a particularly extensive programs of state-imposed censorship. The main organ for official censors ...

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Shortly before the 2004 federal election, two political parties issued new policies on internet censorship. The Australian Labor Party's policy involved voluntary adherence by users. The Pentecostal influenced Family First party released a far stricter policy of mandatory filtering at the internet service provider level. [1](PDF) The Family Association of Australia petitioned the Australian Federal Government in 2004 to further restrict access by children to pornographic material via the Internet. The petition was submitted in Decembe ...

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Censorship is regarded among a majority of academics in the Western world as a typical feature of dictatorships and other authoritarian political systems. Democratic nations are represented, especially among Western government, academic and media commentators, to have somewhat less institutionalized censorship, and instead are represented as promoting the importance of freedom of speech. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics maintained one of the largest official programs for state-imposed censorship imaginable. The main organ for o ...

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"Censorship" comes from the ancient Roman word "censor". In Rome, the censor had two duties, to count the citizens and to supervise their morals. The term "census" is also derived from this word. An early published reference to the term "whitewash" dates back to 1762 in a Boston Evening Post article. In 1800 the word was used publicly in a political context, when a Philadelphia Aurora editorial said that "if you do not whitewash President Adams speedily, the Democrats, like swarms of flies, will bespatter him all over, and make you both as speckled as a dir ...

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Censorship in the Republic of Ireland - Development of Irish statutes. The Censorship of Films Act, 1923 was an act "to provide for the official censoring of cinematographic pictures and for other matters connected therewith". It established the office of the Official Censor of Films and a Censorship of Films Appeal Board. It was amended by the Censorship of Films (Amendment) Act, 1925, in connection with advertisements for films. It was amended by the Censorship of Films (Amendment) Act, 1 ...

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"Censorship" comes from the Latin word "censor". In Rome, the censor had two duties, to count the citizens and to supervise their morals. The term "census" is also derived from this word. An early published reference to the term "whitewash" dates back to 1762 in a Boston Evening Post article. In 1800 the word was used publicly in a political context, when a Philadelphia Aurora editorial said that "if you do not whitewash President Adams speedily, the Democrats, like swarms of flies, will bespatter him all over, and make you both as speckled as a dir ...

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All films intended for theatrical release have to be granted a visa by the Ministry of Culture, upon the recommendation of Commission for film classification (Commission de classification cinématographique), which can give a film on of four ratings: Touts publics (universal): suitable for all audiences Interdit aux moins de 12 ans (-12): Forbidden for under 12s Interdit aux moins de 16 ans (-16): Forbidden for under 16s Interdit aux moins ...

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Censorship in the Republic of Ireland - Film Censorship. In the past, Ireland's Film Censors Office heavily cut films, and also videos for rental release; or placed extremely high age ratings on them. However, since the release of Michael Collins in 1996, which was rated PG for historical reasons, despite its depictions of extreme violence, the censors office has reduced age ratings in general and rarely cuts movies. For example, the controversial 2004 film 9 Songs was released uncut with an 18s ...

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