Difference between revisions of "Gag order"
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A gag order is an censorship of someone, typically a party to a legal proceeding, to prohibit him from speaking publicly against someone connected with the proceeding.
Gag orders are a form of a prior restraint which, in non-judicial contexts, are considered to be presumptively invalid under the First Amendment.