The File Room

Censorship is an act of an authority trying to stifle a voice. Our democratic society demands that each voice be heard. The interactive website -- half webart installation, half public forum, thefileroom.org is an example of the internet dispersing authority and allowing all voices to be heard. Not every single post by every single person is what you would think of as a classic situation of censorship but it doesshow that censorship is problem that demands activisim. Censorship did not stop with the victorian age, it doesn't just pertain to pornography or illicit materials. This website shows that even the "mainstream" can be targeted by groups . . . Harry Potter for instance has been quite the target for various church groups. The only way to combat censorship is to get the public to see the materials that are being challenged. This it the basic premise of thefileroom.org. Attacking censorship means also calling for more transparency.