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'''Censorship''' is the act of withholding information from a larger audience by an official who has the authority to do so. The name is that of the Roman officials from the era of the classical republic, who conducted the census and supervised public morality.

'''Censorship''' is the act of withholding information from a larger audience by an official who has the authority to do so. The name is that of the Roman officials from the era of the classical republic, who conducted the census and supervised public morality.

Oftentimes it is done for the supposed protection of the ''people'', or to keep the group of people from knowing something bad about the empowered people.

Oftentimes it is done for the supposed protection of the ''people'', or to keep the group of people from knowing something bad about the empowered people. An example of censorship is Conservapedia where many registered are prevented from editing articles.

==The First Amendment and censorship in the U. S.==

==The First Amendment and censorship in the U. S.==

More specifically, the government cannot exercise "prior restraint;" that is, a citizen never needs advance permission from the government in order to publish something. This does not mean that publication may not have consequences. A citizen can be sued for publishing [[libel]], or incarcerated for disclosing military secrets, but the consequences occur ''after'' publication, not before.

More specifically, the government cannot exercise "prior restraint;" that is, a citizen never needs advance permission from the government in order to publish something. This does not mean that publication may not have consequences. A citizen can be sued for publishing [[libel]], or incarcerated for disclosing military secrets, but the consequences occur ''after'' publication, not before.

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