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Books/literature
While I appreciate that there is a separate article on book censorship I'm puzzles why it is given so little attention here. Also I don't believe that painting and sculpture are adequately considered. Rwood128 (talk) 16:32, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Free speech zone at the 2004 Democratic National Convention
This image is unfortunately propaganda and so should be removed, unless a similar Republican example can be added. Rwood128 (talk) 16:54, 20 November 2017 (UTC)


 * I have revised the caption. Rwood128 (talk) 17:21, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

add real cases
The article is garbage without showing dozens of real cases of suppression of free speech in USA. https://ruxpert.ru/Свобода_слова_на_Западе‎

This article gathers examples of violations of freedom of speech in the West, such as harassing carriers of an objectionable point of view, repressions and murders of journalists and dissidents, censorship in the media, hindering journalistic activities. As is known, in the course of the information war, Western countries constantly accuse Russia of restricting and violating freedom of speech - the Western media widely exaggerate both real and, for the most part, alleged violations of freedom of speech in Russia. However, this often ignores or ignores the numerous problems with freedom of speech in the West itself.

1.1 Voice of America "will return the tone of propaganda to defend the interests of the United States 1.2 Ofcom freedom of speech regulator 1.3 A White House spokesperson gathers questions before a press conference. 1.4 The US Army Blocks Opposition Sites 1.5 US journalists protest against Obama against media censorship 1.6 “Soft” censorship on the “BBC” 1.7 Vladimir Pozner encountered censorship while working on the American channel CNBC 1.8 German journalist Udo Ulfkott on freedom of speech in Germany 1.9 Inter-American Press Association: Obama continues to harass journalists in the US 1.10 Censorship in the United States set a record for the number of denials of access to official documents 1.11 The EU has created a special group to combat the "Russian propaganda" 1.12 Foreign Policy removed the words about the absence of evidence of the presence of Russia in the Donbas

2.1 Censorship at the request of the UN Cultural Committee 2.2 The silence of the American media problems when the first docking on the ISS 2.3 The American channel NBC did not allow Snowden to criticize US intelligence 2.4 The American television channel NBC otsenzuril interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin 2.5 Hushing up the facts of CNN and ignoring the thousands protest rally 2.6 CNN "cut out" from an interview with a Russian diplomat words about Bashar Assad 2.7 Censorship on the “BBC” because of the “Bukov” 2.8 Bias journalists of the Air Force in covering the issue of the independence of Scotland 2.9 Washington Post devoted only a couple of lines of tragedy in Odessa 2.10 The silence of the New York Times about the bombing of Lugansk 2.11 CNN host: "You can be sure that I will not miss it on the air" 2.12 BBC cut from the English version of the interview with Viktor Yanukovych quote about Crimea 2.13 CBS cuts out unflattering fragments for the USA from Putin’s interview 2.14 Facebook banned from invoking an article on US plans for a nuclear bombardment of the USSR 2.15 German media hush up PEGIDA 2.16 Western media silence the justification by the court of Slobodan Milosevic and the circumstances of his death

3.1 Russian journalists are not allowed to the press conference of Obama and Yatsenyuk 3.2 Journalist revolt in the USA: working conditions are worse than under Bush 3.3 The arrest of journalists for covering the riots in Ferguson (USA) 3.4 8 methods of hiding information by the Obama administration 3.5 Huffington Post censures an “awkward” blog 3.6 Twitter deletes RT's message about sponsors of the British “Troll Factory”

4.1 Posner talks about the dismissals of journalists for criticizing US military actions 4.2 Dismissal of famous American journalist Phil Donahue 4.3 Radio Liberty journalist was removed for the post about the Crimea and fired for publishing the crimes of the Supreme Court of Ukraine 4.4 Dismissing New York Times Editor-in-Chief Jill Abramson 4.5 CNN dismissed the lead for harsh language on radio 4.6 Peter Arnett dismissed for “non-patriotic” 4.7 The journalist was fired from CNN due to sending a tweet expressing her personal opinion from the official CNN account. 4.8 The journalist was fired from NBC because of disrespect for US President Obama

5.1 Death of a Journalist Sandy Hume 5.2 Death of Tony Moser, who specialized in anti-corruption investigations 5.3 The death of reporter Gary Webb 5.4 Death of journalist Andrew Breitbart 5.5 Death of Journalist Michael Hastings 5.6 Death of an eyewitness to events at the WTC-7 building on September 11, 2001 5.7 The death of computer security specialist Barnaby Jack 5.8 The death of the author of the investigation of the events of September 11, 2001 Philip Marshall

6.1 Harassment of anti-war activists from American showbiz 6.2 Canadian athlete had to apologize for the photo with Putin 6.3 Penalty for anti-war comments in Polish media 6.4 US Department of State: Mickey Rourke and Steven Seagal should be more restrained in their speeches 6.5 The world-famous pianist Valentina Lisitsa was kicked out of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for “under-the-top” 6.6 The dismissal of scientists who revealed the ill effects of shale mining 6.7 Suspension from work for two weeks in the United States of two leading due to obscene expressions to Obama 6.8 Dismissing a Lead in the US Due to the Insult of Obama's Wife 6.9 Dismissing the mayor of an American city because of insulting Obama's wife 6.10 Suppression of Dissent in US Universities 6.11 Harassment of Republican congressmen visiting Russia

7.1 Western Establishments Fight Russia Today 7.2 In London, advertising RT was banned as provocative 7.3 The fight of the Western establishment with the MIA “Russia Today” 7.4 Freedom of speech in Lithuanian 7.5 Freedom of Speech in Latvian 7.6 Freedom of speech in Estonian 7.7 Freedom of speech in Moldavian 7.8 Fighting the US against WikiLeaks 7.9 “Reporters without Borders”: USA in terms of freedom of speech in 46th place 7.10 The Finnish Ministry of Defense got angry at Newsweek

8.1 Replays of the same texts on different TV channels in the USA

9.1 Bribing journalists by the Soros Foundation

10.1 In Britain, a blogger was arrested for 2.5 years and called up a rebellion on Facebook 10.2 In the United States, they demoted the rank of police officer for a T-shirt shot with bullets with a portrait of US President Barack Obama 10.3 In the US, imprisonment for threats and insults to Obama, officials, FBI agents and Muslims 10.4 In the US, Republican Joshua Black resigned from public service for publishing on the Internet a proposal to hang US President Barack Obama

11.1 George Lucas: Soviet directors had more freedom 11.2 The Pentagon censors American movies, TV shows and TV shows. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.181.200.13 (talk) 17:06, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Media distraction
Removed from article: Some would propose that in place of simple censorship, the United States and many other Western-Style democracies have a more sophisticated approach to manufacturing consent. Political parties and corporate interests will hire public relations firms, who will use spin (a form of propaganda) and distraction to direct people's attention away from issues they prefer not to be discussed, or towards others.

In addition to the disinformation techniques discussed under propaganda, the following media distraction techniques (many based on logical fallacies) are also very popular and effective:

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ed Poor (talk) 15:44, 11 April 2003
 * content moved to media distraction

Interesting. Do elaborate.Zezen (talk) 03:20, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Good article
Reavealing for non-US audience, as of 2019. Zezen (talk) 03:23, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Comics section is blank
The comics section is blank IlSoupylI (talk) 17:56, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Possible bias in 'Trump Administration' section
This article's text states that in 2017, Trump threatened to revoke the licenses of news outlets that "demeaned him". The quote provided, however, only seems to suggest that he wishes to punish news outlets that he believes publish "fake news". This seems to me like an unfair misappropriation of his words, as the current text implies that it has been indisputably proven that his motivation behind seeking action against those news agencies was not to combat the distribution of misinformation, but rather, to only silence his opposition. Oktayey (talk) 08:09, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Why is arrest of CNN journalist mentioned in the 'Trump Administration' section?
The arrest of CNN reporter Omar Jimenez during his coverage of George Floyd protests is not an example of Censorship. It was an action taken by police officers during an active riot situation. Anyway the arrest was not ordered by Trump administration and federal government was nowhere involved. I am removing that part. Prav001 (talk) 00:30, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Because the police were arresting him on extremely vague grounds which indicate that they were attempting to interfere with coverage of the protests. That counts as censorship. JMonkey2006 (talk) 00:56, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Why is it mentioned under Trump Administration section? The action was taken by local police. Federal government was nowhere involved. This section is about action taken by federal government. A Washington Post journalist was arrested during Ferguson riots. But I don't see this mentioned under Obama Administration. And this is just the most recent example. Wikipedia rules should be applied consistently. Can we get a consensus on this rather simple question ?

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RT Censorship
CaribDigita (talk) 15:15, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * "Disappeared": Chris Hedges Responds to YouTube Deleting His 6-Year Archive of RT America Shows
 * What It Was Like to Work for Russian State Television, March 12, 2022

Tornado Cash
Does Tornado Cash belong on this page? It seems to me there is a clear line between censorship of speech and stopping nonspeech activities deemed to be illegal or threatening to a government. MarshallKe (talk) 16:28, 14 August 2022 (UTC)


 * I'd support removing it. Feels WP:OFFTOPIC and already well-covered in Tornado Cash. Ductwork (talk) 20:42, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Went ahead and removed it. As always, happy to discuss here. Ductwork (talk) 20:49, 31 August 2022 (UTC)