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Censorship in the Republic of Ireland
Censorship in the Republic of Ireland is the state restriction of published material, enforced by the Censorship of Publications Board from 1930, which banned over 12,000 publications.
Censorship in the Soviet Union
Censorship in the Soviet Union, also called censorship in the USSR: the state and party system of pre-publication review centered on Glavlit, created in 1922 under Narkompros, covering all print, film, and broadcast media until dissolution by presidential decree in 1991.
Censorship in the United Kingdom
Censorship in the United Kingdom (UK censorship, Censorship in Britain): state, court and regulator control of published, broadcast and online content, from the Lord Chamberlain's stage censorship to the Obscene Publications Act 1959, BBFC classification, and the Online Safety Act 2023.
Censorship in the United States
Censorship in the United States: suppression of speech or information by government or institutions. Shaped by the First Amendment, obscenity law, prior-restraint doctrine, Comstock-era mail bans, and a post-2021 record wave of school book bans led by Texas and Florida.
Internet censorship in the United Kingdom
Internet censorship in the United Kingdom: Online Safety Act 2023, Ofcom regulation, ISP filtering, IWF blocklists, copyright blocking injunctions, and age verification duties.