United Kingdom
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- "Obscene" books, for example Ulysses, were often censored in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Today, obscenity laws are much more lax, and focused on public displays of pornography.
- The Official Secrets Act outlaws leaking government documents in any medium, even if the public would benefit from the secret knowledge. This prevented, e.g., a memo outlining American plans to bomb the Arab TV station Al Jazeera.
- The Terrorism Act 2006 prevents the "glorification" of terrorism, akin to the 18th century Sedition Act in the United States.
[edit] Internet censorship
BT uses software called Cleanfeed to block child pornography. For some unknown reason, BT also blocks 4chan.org, an anonymous messageboard. BT's censorship is highly sophisticated.[1] However, UKOnline does not censor 4chan.
