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In 1737, partly as a result of political attacks by Henry Fielding against Robert Walpole, Parliament enacted a law that established "the Examiner of the Stage" (an official in the Lord Chamberlain's office) to censor plays on the basis of both politics and morals (i.e. sexual impropriety, blasphemy, and foul language). Plays had to be licensed ...
The main focus of political censorship in UK law is concerned with the prevention of political violence. Hence incitement to ethnic or racial hatred is a criminal offence in the UK and those who create racist websites are liable to prosecution.
When screened by Channel 4 during a season about censorship in April 1991, Farrell's words on republicanism were re-dubbed. On a later occasion the appearance of the political activist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey on an edition of the BBC's Nation discussing reasons for political violence was also censored when much of what she said was ...
Political censorship exists when a government attempts to conceal, fake, distort, or falsify information that its citizens receive by suppressing or crowding out political news that the public might receive through news outlets.
Banned in the Kingdom of England for political reasons. [264] Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure: John Cleland: 1748 1749 1970 Novel Banned in the UK till after the Second World War. [265] Rights of Man: Thomas Paine: 1791 1792 Pre-1990 *Unknown* Political theory Banned in the UK and author charged with treason for supporting the ...
Censorship by country collects information on censorship, Internet censorship, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and human rights by country and presents it in a sortable table, together with links to articles with more information. In addition to countries, the table includes information on former countries, disputed countries ...
Russell Brand, who currently faces multiple sexual assault allegations, urged his supporters to follow him on a different social media platform after he was censored by others. “By now, you’re ...
Internet censorship in the United Kingdom (23 P) T. Television censorship in the United Kingdom (1 C, 12 P) W. Works banned in the United Kingdom (2 C, 4 P)