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  1. Censorship is the suppression by authority of
  2. material considered immoral, heretical, 
  3. subversive, libellous, damaging to state 
  4. security, or otherwise offensive. The British
  5. government uses the D-notice and the Official
  6. Secrets Act to protect itself. Laws relating
  7. to obscenity, libel, and blasphemy act as a 
  8. form of censorship. The media exercise a 
  9. degree of self-censorship. 
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  11. Subject by: Russell Webb
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