> What has been censored effectively? >As far as I've been aware, legal censorship has never worked. If you hold "worked" to the impossible standard of "compl

> What has been censored effectively? >As far as I've been aware, legal censorship has never worked. If you hold "worked" to the impossible standard of "completely eradicated its target" then no, just as basically no policy or initiative has ever "worked." Hell, polio still exists![0] By the much more reasonable standard of "suppressed the dissemination and popularization of its target" then there are a plethora of examples: - Libel and slander laws successfully limit outright lies reported by the media. - Various governments censor and punish criticism of themselves or specific officials. - Copyright law successfully limits propagation of media. - Certain content - typically sexual or graphically violent - cannot legally be broadcast. - You are legally barred from lying about, for example, the ingredients of a product you produce or its efficacy. - State secrets are heavily censored, and those who circumvent this censorship are heavily punished. Not to mention individual cases of censorship, such as whether a man may publish his own autobiography.[1] That particular case was eventually decided in his favor, but there was no guarantee of that. [0] https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/10/30/929080692/the-campaign-to-wipe-out-polio-was-going-really-well-until-it-wasnt https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/10/30/9290806... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/20/concert-pianist-james-rhodes-wins-right-to-publish-autobiography https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/20/concert-pianis...