Military censorship explained

Military censorship is a type of censorship that is the process of keeping military intelligence and tactics confidential and away from the enemy. This is used to counter espionage. Military censorship intensifies during wartime.^{[1] [2] [3]}

United States

Military censorship existed in the United States since the time of the American Civil War.^{[4] [5]} United States military in the 20th century defined military censorship as "all types of censorship conducted by personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States", and distinguished within it armed forces censorship, civil censorship, prisoner of war censorship and field press censorship.^{[6] [7]}

Notable military censors

• Israeli Military Censor
• Office of Censorship
• Wartime Information Security Program

See also

• Cartographic censorship
• Information warfare
• Postal censorship
  • Prior restraint War correspondent

Notes and References

1. Book: Bar-Tal . Daniel . Self-Censorship in Contexts of Conflict: Theory and Research . Nets-Zehngut . Rafi . Sharvit . Keren . 2017-10-30 . Springer . 978-3-319-63378-7 . 142 . en.
2. Book: Caso, Frank . Censorship . 2008 . Infobase Publishing . 978-1-4381-0897-1 . 49 . en.
3. Robins . Kevin . Webster . Frank . 1986-03-01 . The Media, the Military and Censorship . Screen . 27 . 2 . 57–63 . 10.1093/screen/27.2.57 . 0036-9543.
4. Book: Cornwell, Nancy C. . Freedom of the Press: Rights and Liberties Under the Law . 2004 . ABC-CLIO . 978-1-85109-471-4 . 61–63 . en.
5. Smyth . Daniel . 2013-03-01 . Avoiding Bloodshed? US Journalists and Censorship in Wartime . War & Society . 32 . 1 . 64–94 . 10.1179/0729247312Z.00000000017 . 153881365 . 0729-2473. free .
6. Book: Staff, United States Joint Chiefs of . Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms . 1994 . Joint Chiefs of Staff . 978-0-16-043183-8 . en.
7. Book: Army, United States Department of the . Armed Forces Censorship . 1964 . The Depts. . 51 . en.