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Freedom of speech by country
Internet censorship and surveillance by country
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Sweden protects freedom of speech in certain circumstances and was a pioneer in officially abolishing censorship. A number of restrictions remain such as child pornography, hate speech and libel. In all cases there is a legal process afterwards if applicable and no media are censored before publishing.
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Sweden protects freedom of speech in certain circumstances and was a pioneer in officially abolishing censorship. A number of restrictions remain such...
criticizing internet censorship. The Swedish police are responsible for updating this list of blocked sites. On 6 July 2007, Swedish police said that there...
including the right to speak freely. In 1766, Sweden became the first country to abolish censorship by law. Censorship has been criticized throughout history...
Censorshipin Japan has taken many forms throughout the history of the country. While Article 21 of the Constitution of Japan guarantees freedom of expression...
Censorshipin the People's Republic of China is mandated by the PRC's ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is one of the strictest censorship...
Censorshipin Israel is officially carried out by the Israeli Military Censor, a unit in the Israeli government officially tasked with carrying out preventive...
pornography to, in the words of author Jack Stevenson, "provoke the authorities and unsettle the bourgeoisie" in a country that used censorship to control...
have, in general, both freedom of speech and a free and independent media, certain subject-matter is subject to various forms of government censorship. These...
In the United States, censorship involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech, which is protected...
Censorship is controlled by the Government of Russia and by civil society in the Russian Federation, applying to the content and the diffusion of information...
about such actions. This event spurred debate on government censorshipinSweden. The Sweden Democrats also had a hate speech charge filed against them...
Censorshipin Finland refers to government policies in controlling and regulating certain information. In 1686, the office of Censor of Books, which was...
Censorshipin Singapore mainly targets political, racial, religious issues and homosexual content as defined by out-of-bounds markers. The Infocomm Media...
In video games, censorship are efforts by an authority to limit access, censor content, or regulate video games or specific video games due to the nature...
Censorshipin South Korea is implemented by various laws that were included in the constitution as well as acts passed by the National Assembly over the...
Censorshipin Turkey is regulated by domestic and international legislation, the latter (in theory) taking precedence over domestic law, according to...
Broadcast Standards Council. Over the 20th century, legal standards for censorshipin Canada shifted from a "strong state-centred practice", intended to protect...
In the United States, internet censorship is the suppression of information published or viewed on the Internet in the United States. The First Amendment...
Censorshipin India has taken various forms throughout its history. Although de jure the Constitution of India guarantees freedom of expression, de facto...
Censorshipin the United Kingdom was at different times more or less widely applied to various forms of expression such as the press, cinema, entertainment...
index of digital content of entertainment media and software. Founded in 2003 by Swedish think tank Piratbyrån, The Pirate Bay allows visitors to search, download...
Book censorshipin the People's Republic of China (PRC) is mandated by the PRC's ruling party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and is currently widespread...
the history of censorshipin the country. Various regimes have restricted the press, cinema, literature, and other entertainment venues. In contemporary...
Index Internet censorship and surveillance by country (2018) CensorshipCensorshipin South Asia Internet censorship Internet censorship by country Human...
Censorshipin the Soviet Union was pervasive and strictly enforced. Censorship was performed in two main directions: State secrets were handled by the...
in order to comply with company policies, legal demands, and government censorship laws. Numerous governments have asked Google to censor content. In...
Censorshipin Taiwan was greatly relaxed when the state moved away from authoritarianism in 1987. Since then, the media has generally been allowed to...