In the United States, censorship involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech, which is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Const
Anti-vice crusader Anthony Comstock, whose name became synonymous with censorship of anything that frankly discussed human sexuality
An employee pin from United States Office of Censorship during World War II
Austrian-American psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, whose publications were burned by order of a U.S. court
In the United States, freedom of speech and expression is strongly protected from government restrictions by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, many state constitutions, and state and feder
Censorship in the United States
…In the United States, censorship involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech, which is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Interpretation of this fundamental freedom has varied since its enshrinement…
The Newseum's five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The free speech zone at the 2004 Democratic National Convention
Original "BONG HITS FOR JESUS" banner, hanging in the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Export-restricted RSA encryption source code printed on a T-shirt made it an export-restricted munition, as a freedom of speech protest against U.S. encryption export restrictions (see the reverse side here).