La libertad de prensa es la existencia de garantías con las que los ciudadanos tengan el derecho de organizarse para la edición de medios de comunicación cuyos contenidos no estén controlados ni censurados por los poderes del Estado. Y que toda persona pueda publicar sus ideas libremente y sin censura previa. Suecia fue el primer país en adoptar una legislación de libertad de prensa con la "tryckfrihet" del 2 de diciembre de 1766. En los EE.UU. este derecho está garantizado por la Primera Enmienda de la Constitución. No todos los países tienen garantizada, ya sea por una Carta de Derechos o su constitución, la libertad de la prensa: es el caso, por ejemplo, de Australia.

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Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the freedom of communication and expression through mediums including various electronic media and published materials. While such freedom mostly implies the absence of interference from an overreaching state, its preservation may be sought through constitutional or other legal protections. With respect to governmental information, any government may distinguish which materials are public or protected from disclosure to the public based on classification of information as sensitive, classified or secret and being otherwise protected from disclosure due to relevance of the information to protecting the national interest. Many governments are also subject to sunshine laws or freedom of information legislation that are used to define the ambit of national interest. The United Nations' 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers" This philosophy is usually accompanied by legislation ensuring various degrees of freedom of scientific research (known as scientific freedom), publishing, press and printing the depth to which these laws are entrenched in a country's legal system can go as far down as its constitution. The concept of freedom of speech is often covered by the same laws as freedom of the press, thereby giving equal treatment to spoken and published expression.

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