as in to edit
to remove objectionable parts from
the producers were told that they would have to censor their movie if they wanted a PG rating
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Recent Examples of censor
The reaction to the president-elect and others on the right, who believe social media has censored conservative voices, was a topic at separate CES conversations on two different stages Tuesday in Las Vegas.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
The case has since been returned back to the lower courts, where an appellate court previously ruled that social media companies don’t have the right to censor speech under the First Amendment.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Content moderation on social media sites has become a political lightning rod with Republicans accusing Facebook and others of censoring conservative speech.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Fight against internet censorship There's a myriad of reasons, ranging from political to economic, that countries use to justify censoring certain apps and websites.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
The case has since been returned back to the lower courts, where an appellate court previously ruled that social media companies don’t have the right to censor speech under the First Amendment.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Content moderation on social media sites has become a political lightning rod with Republicans accusing Facebook and others of censoring conservative speech.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Fight against internet censorship There's a myriad of reasons, ranging from political to economic, that countries use to justify censoring certain apps and websites.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
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This article has been edited to include statements from Gibson and Voight.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.Karin Wulf / Made by History, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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While many top 10 hits give the listener more chorus as a song progresses, the ‘Blinding Lights’ creators actually shorten the chorus as the song progresses.Gary Trust, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
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The state is also working on streamlining paperwork for transfers and shortening transition timelines.A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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Drake posted the song to his X and Instagram accounts on April 19, but deleted them a week later.Conor Murray, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Read Next National Deputy assaults 8-year-old at school, then deletes body camera footage, lawsuit says December 01, 2023 2:22 PM Read Next Florida Cop handcuffs 9-year-old boy at Florida school, suit says.Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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Congress and the president must counter the forces that seek to diminish, exploit or bowdlerize our understanding of this terrible and confounding un-American event.James Reston Jr., Star Tribune, 29 Mar. 2021
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The mobs of students — and their enabling professors and administrators — renaming buildings and bowdlerizing the language are still products of Western civilization.Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 Aug. 2017
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Mr. Jang’s name has been expurgated from all official records in the North.CHOE SANG-HUN, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2016
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The movie’s climactic punch line was repeatedly expurgated and reinstated during previews.J. HOBERMAN, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2016
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Agents can review all compliance requirements to ensure the data is ready.Sridhar Ratakonda, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Times reviewed and analyzed hundreds of videos posted to Chinese social media sites by Tibetan boarding schools, state media and local propaganda departments that showed how the schools operate and serve the party’s objectives.Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Police believed that drug dealers were using the event to launder money.Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
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Guo, Wang and Je used approximately 500 accounts held in the names of 80 different entities to launder investors’ money, according to an indictment.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Censor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censor. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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