Comissão de Censura

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A Comissão de Censura was the official state body responsible for controlling and suppressing the press, arts, and public expression under Portugal’s authoritarian Estado Novo regime.

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Comissão de Censura canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency
state censorship body
abolishedAfterEvent CarnationRevolution
abolishedInCountry Portugal
associatedWithLeader AntónioDeOliveiraSalazar
MarceloCaetano
linked to: Marcelo Caetano
controlledDomain books
cinema
music
press
publicExpression
radio
theatre
visualArts
country Portugal
enforcedValue defenseOfCatholicMorality
defenseOfRegime
protectionOfNationalImage
protectionOfPublicMorals
historicalContext 20thCenturyPortugueseDictatorship
ideologicalOrientationOfRegime authoritarian
conservative
corporatist
impact limitationOfCulturalProduction
restrictionOfFreedomOfExpression
restrictionOfFreedomOfPress
selfCensorshipAmongAuthors
legalBasis Estado Novo censorship laws
method banningOfWorks
cuttingOrEditingOfFilms
cuttingOrEditingOfTexts
prepublicationReview
prohibitionOfPerformances
seizureOfPublications
operatedInPoliticalRegime Estado Novo
linked to: Estado Novo regime
primaryFunction moralCensorship
politicalControlOfInformation
priorRestraint
religiousCensorship
suppressionOfDissent
supervisedBy EstadoNovoInteriorMinistry
EstadoNovoPropagandaApparatus
targetedContent anarchistPropaganda
anti‑regimePoliticalContent
blasphemousMaterial
communistPropaganda
criticismOfColonialPolicy
criticismOfEstadoNovo
criticismOfSalazar
materialConsideredSubversive
sexuallyExplicitMaterial
socialistPropaganda

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Estado Novo (Portugal) censorshipBody Comissão de Censura
subject linked to: Estado Novo regime