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[[Image:Hitler-3.jpg‎ |right|400px|thumb|Adolf Hitler's rise to power was greatly aided by '''censoring''' his critics.<ref>http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/censorship_in_nazi_germany.htm Censorship in Nazi Germany</ref><ref>[http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007677 US Holocaust Museum]</ref><ref>[http://www.historyofpainters.com/entartete.htm Censorship of media and the fine arts]</ref><ref>[http://www.ushmm.org/research/library/bibliography/index.php?content=1933_bookburning Essay on Bookburning]</ref>]]

[[File:Let's Go Brandon3.JPG||right|400px|thumb|While censorship may slow impede expression, it is seldom effective. People ultimately find ways to communicate their sentiments to one another.]]

'''Censorship''' is the suppression of statements or information for ideological reasons. Current examples of censorship include:

'''Censorship''' is the suppression of statements or information for ideological reasons. Current examples of censorship include:

*Censorship of [[conservative]] [[talk radio]] via the [[Fairness Doctrine]].

*Censorship of [[conservative]] [[talk radio]] via the [[Fairness Doctrine]].

*[[Internet censorship]] employed by a country, which can include such things as the filtering of anti-government sites in [[China]] or the censoring of [[women's rights]] or anti-[[Islam]] sites in [[Middle East]]ern countries

*[[Internet censorship]] employed by a country, which can include such things as the filtering of anti-government sites in [[China]] or the censoring of [[women's rights]] or anti-[[Islam]] sites in [[Middle East]]ern countries

*Schools banning or using [[placement bias]] to keep students from books such as the [[Bible]], or books critical of the [[theory of evolution]].

*Schools banning or using [[placement bias]] to keep students from books such as the [[Bible]], or books critical of the [[theory of evolution]].

*[[Big Tech]], acting in collusion with each other, engaged in illegal censorship<ref>[https://thenationalsentinel.com/2018/08/28/potus-trump-blasts-illegal-social-media-bias-and-censorship-vows-actions/ POTUS Trump blasts ‘illegal’ social media BIAS and censorship, vows actions]</ref><ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/28/trump-accuses-google-of-rigging-search-results-in-favor-of-bad-coverage.html Trump: Facebook, Twitter, Google are ‘treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful’]</ref><ref>Xiao, Bowen (July 24, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/young-conservatives-feel-they-cant-express-themselves-on-social-media_3014868.html Young Conservatives Feel They Can’t Express Themselves on Social Media]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved July 24, 2019.</ref> of conservatives and Christians, in violation of both the First Amendment<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/twitters-censorship-may-be-unconstitutional Twitter's censorship may be unconstitutional] at the ''Washington Examiner''</ref> (and equivalent free speech laws in other countries) and civil rights<ref>[https://civilrights.findlaw.com/enforcing-your-civil-rights/social-media-censorship-and-the-law.html Social Media Censorship and the Law]</ref> and anti-trust laws in the US<ref>[https://www.newstarget.com/2019-02-27-conservative-publishers-targeted-for-censorship-by-facebook-class-action-suit.html Conservative publishers targeted for censorship by Facebook speech Nazis should LINE up to file class-action suit against the social media giant]</ref><ref>[https://helenaglass.net/2018/10/23/facebook-censorship-an-anti-trust-resolution/ Facebook Censorship – An Anti-Trust Resolution?]</ref> and other countries.<ref>Bomberger, Ryan (May 10, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/big-techs-separate-and-unequal-treatment-of-christians-and-conservatives Big Tech’s separate and unequal treatment of Christians and conservatives]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from the ''Radiance Foundation''). Retrieved May 10, 2019.</ref> In August 2018, multiple social media giants, with the support of the Left, mainstream media, and Democrats,<ref>Multiple references:

*[[Big Tech]], acting in collusion with each other, engaged in illegal censorship<ref>[https://thenationalsentinel.com/2018/08/28/potus-trump-blasts-illegal-social-media-bias-and-censorship-vows-actions/ POTUS Trump blasts ‘illegal’ social media BIAS and censorship, vows actions]</ref><ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/28/trump-accuses-google-of-rigging-search-results-in-favor-of-bad-coverage.html Trump: Facebook, Twitter, Google are ‘treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful’]</ref><ref>Xiao, Bowen (July 24, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/young-conservatives-feel-they-cant-express-themselves-on-social-media_3014868.html Young Conservatives Feel They Can’t Express Themselves on Social Media]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved July 24, 2019.</ref> of conservatives and Christians, in violation of both the First Amendment<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/twitters-censorship-may-be-unconstitutional Twitter's censorship may be unconstitutional] at the ''Washington Examiner''</ref> (and equivalent free speech laws in other countries) and civil rights<ref>[https://civilrights.findlaw.com/enforcing-your-civil-rights/social-media-censorship-and-the-law.html Social Media Censorship and the Law]</ref> and anti-trust laws in the US<ref>[https://www.newstarget.com/2019-02-27-conservative-publishers-targeted-for-censorship-by-facebook-class-action-suit.html Conservative publishers targeted for censorship by Facebook speech Nazis should LINE up to file class-action suit against the social media giant]</ref><ref>[https://helenaglass.net/2018/10/23/facebook-censorship-an-anti-trust-resolution/ Facebook Censorship – An Anti-Trust Resolution?]</ref> and other countries.<ref>Bomberger, Ryan (May 10, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/big-techs-separate-and-unequal-treatment-of-christians-and-conservatives Big Tech’s separate and unequal treatment of Christians and conservatives]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from the ''Radiance Foundation''). Retrieved May 10, 2019.</ref> In August 2018, multiple social media giants, with the support of the Left, mainstream media, and Democrats,<ref>Multiple references: