eli5 what is the difference between censorship and redaction? when the government releases files for the public, they redact quite a bit of information. Isn’t that censorship?
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Censorship is usually about the government forcing *other* people (like television channels or book publishers) to remove information from their media. For instance, in Russia, journalists are being jailed for writing bad things about the war and government. That is censorship. Or sometimes it could be something outright silly (like not being allowed to show ghosts in movies or show other countries in a good light or really anything you can think of).
Redaction is when someone … self-censors, in a way. They are saying, “I will include this information but not that information”.
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