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Television censorship is the censorship of television content, either through the excising of certain frames or scenes, or outright banning of televisions in their entirety. Television censorship typically occurs as a result of political or moral objections to a television's content; controversial content subject to censorship include the ...
In October 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed the Children's Television Act (CTA), an Act of Congress ordering the FCC to implement regulations surrounding programming that serves the "educational and informational" (E/I) needs of children, as well as the amount of advertising broadcast during television programs aimed towards children. [6]
Some of the first evidence of censorship of school curriculum in the United States comes during the Civil War, when Southern textbook publishers removed material critical of slavery. [7] [8] After the Civil War, a vigorous movement from groups like the United Daughters of the Confederacy in the South promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy ...
The censorship of student media in the United States is the suppression of student-run news operations' free speech by school administrative bodies, typically state schools. This consists of schools using their authority to control the funding and distribution of publications, taking down articles, and preventing distribution.
The wave of educational censorship has gone too far, but the tide can and will change. The Legislature should vote no on HB 1291 and SB 1372 and if not, the governor should swiftly veto.
The anti-DEI efforts follow, and have gained momentum from, the backlash to Black Lives Matter and the implementation of laws to limit what can be taught about race in schools.
This is a list of films that are or have been at one time or another banned in the United States; including films banned in some American cities or states.This also includes television specials, and films that were not banned from theaters but were banned from airing it on television.
According to the American Library Association, the number of titles targeted for censorship across school and public libraries surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, the highest levels ever ...