Anticensorship

/ˌæntiˈsɛnsərʃɪp/ noun, adjective

Definition

Opposition to censorship; advocacy for freedom of expression and against suppression of ideas or information.

Etymology

From anti- (against) + censorship (suppression of expression). Names the movement, ideology, or activities opposing governmental or institutional censoring.

Kelly Says

Anticensorship movements have protected everything from free speech to the internet—organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation are explicitly anticensorship, fighting laws that would limit what we can see, read, or share!

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