Why do we redact documents?

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Like, I know we redact classified or secret information from docs, I get *why* you redact them, but like you see those sheets of paper that are all black lines so why bother creating them in the first place if thier totally unreadable?

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Sometimes the government is legally mandated to produce a document (like a Freedom of Information Request, for those in the US), but at the same time is required to protect the information in that document. So a large scale blanket redaction fulfills both – document was provided, information is protected.

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