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This article is from the Sex Movies FAQ, by director@gti.net (The Director) with numerous contributions by others.

41.2 What is censorship?

Formally, censorship is prior restraint of communication based on
content and enforced by law. Less formal definitions include many
things, usually covered by the umbrella of a 'chilling effect': law
which exercises no prior restraint on speech, but makes speakers so
fearful of reprisal that they refrain from expounding controversial
ideas. The important point is that censorship always involves law;
an agency which will not fund your painting is not engaging in
censorship, even though it may be acting unjustly.

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