Tim Sherrat has been trying to automate the process of finding redactions in ASIO files. You can read about it here.
Some of the censor’s redactions are appealingly whimsical. Here are a few of my favourites:
Recently, I enjoyed some pleasingly artistic East German ‘manuscripts’ at the Stasi Museum in Leipzig. These two are favourites:
Inquiry into the defacement of Comrad Honecker’s image
Complaint to the national broadcaster: ‘The Black Channel Sux’
Brave new words 