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The 189 pages that link to Censorship, each with the reason it gives.

• SatireRelated: Satirical attacks on authority can provoke efforts to suppress their circulation.

• Printing pressRelated: Authorities sought to control the rapid circulation of printed works.

• AuthoritarianismRelated: Controlling public information limits criticism and helps governments shape political narratives.

• PropagandaRelated: Restricting competing accounts can protect propaganda from challenge.

• Freedom of the pressCompared with: It is the clearest opposing condition to a free press.

• Literary canonCompared with: Prohibited works may be excluded from official traditions yet persist through alternative circulation.

• Freedom of speechCompared with: Government censorship is the central interference that freedom of speech constrains.

• Moral panicRelated: Claims that media threaten morality have often prompted demands to restrict their circulation.

• Political satireRelated: Satire’s attacks on power often bring it into conflict with censorship.

• Mass mediaRelated: States and institutions may control media content to limit dissent or sensitive information.

• Political repressionRelated: States use censorship to block dissenting ideas and limit opposition’s reach.

• Arab SpringRelated: Governments tried to limit reporting and online organizing as protests gathered force.

• Content moderationCompared with: The term frames disputes over whether platform enforcement unjustly restricts expression.

• Cult of personalityRelated: Restricting criticism helps preserve the leader’s public image.

• Freedom of expressionCompared with: It names the restriction freedom of expression protects against when unjustified.

• TheatreRelated: Theatre's public speech has repeatedly faced restrictions on what may be performed.

• Black comedyRelated: Black comedy can face restrictions when its treatment of taboo subjects is judged offensive or dangerous.

• Protest songRelated: Authorities may restrict songs when they perceive them as threats to established power.

• SamizdatRelated: State censorship created the restrictions that samizdat networks evaded.

• Horror filmRelated: Graphic violence and disturbing themes have repeatedly brought horror films under restriction.

• TotalitarianismRelated: Censorship limits access to rival accounts and helps monopolize public communication.

• CaricatureRelated: Authorities have restricted caricatures when their ridicule challenged power or public order.

• Chilling effectCompared with: Censorship directly blocks expression; a chilling effect can silence speech without a formal ban.

• Military dictatorshipRelated: Control of media limits public scrutiny and the spread of opposition views.

• Canon formationRelated: Exclusion and prohibition can shape which works survive and gain recognition.

• DisinformationCompared with: Censorship limits what audiences can encounter; disinformation inserts deceptive material into circulation.

• Drag performanceRelated: Venue rules and laws have repeatedly limited where drag can be staged and who can attend.

• History of booksRelated: Efforts to control books reveal their perceived power to circulate contested ideas.

• Self-censorshipNarrower topic: Unlike direct censorship, self-censorship is carried out by the speaker, often in anticipation of control.

• Prior restraintNarrower topic: Prior restraint is one form of censorship, distinguished by its timing before expression occurs.

• Hate speechCompared with: Restrictions on hate speech raise disputes about who may censor expression and under what standards.

• Movable typeRelated: Print's wider reach prompted governments and religious institutions to regulate publications.

• Klemens von MetternichRelated: Metternich’s governments used censorship to limit the spread of opposition ideas.

• Social satireRelated: Satirical attacks on powerful interests have often prompted attempts to suppress them.

• Decadent movementRelated: Trials and bans made decadent writing a flashpoint in disputes over artistic freedom.

• Dystopian fictionRelated: Dystopian narratives dramatize censorship as both a tool of power and a threat to memory.

• TabooCompared with: Censorship is an imposed control on expression; taboo can discourage speech without an official censor.

• Social controlRelated: Controlling what may be said or circulated can enforce political and cultural norms.

• ComedyRelated: Comic attacks on authority have often prompted efforts to suppress performance.

• Film genreRelated: Genre conventions have repeatedly collided with rules governing violence, sexuality, and social representation.

• Joseph GoebbelsCompared with: Censorship blocks messages, while Goebbels’s propaganda also manufactured and distributed persuasive ones.

• Literary FictionRelated: Works exploring sexuality, politics, or social conflict have often faced restriction.

• Political cartoonRelated: Cartoonists often confront restrictions because satire can challenge powerful institutions.

• MadonnaRelated: Controversies over her videos and performances tested limits on sexual expression in mass media.

• Cancel cultureCompared with: The label is often applied to pressure against speech, though cancellation is not necessarily censorship.

• The ApostleRelated: Political repression in Petőfi’s era helps explain the poem’s delayed publication.

• War photographyRelated: Military and government restrictions can determine which conflict images reach the public.

• Information freedomCompared with: It is a direct barrier to seeking, receiving, and sharing information.

• Memory politicsRelated: Control over archives, speech, and exhibits can silence unwanted histories.

• National libraryCompared with: A preservation mandate can conflict with state efforts to control what circulates.