DA-notice
noun/ˌdiː ˈeɪ nəʊtɪs/
/ˌdiː ˈeɪ nəʊtɪs/
- an official notice from the British government advising the press not to publish particular information about something, for reasons of national security. ‘DA’ stands for '‘Defence Advisory’. Until 1993 DA-notices were called D-notices and since 2015 they have been called DSMA-notices.
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