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Recent Examples of censorship
Facebook has faced criticism for its willingness to accommodate authoritarian regimes, including developing tools designed for China's censorship apparatus, though the software has apparently not entered use given the company's failure to secure a deal.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Various parts of the effort — including the building of China-specific censorship tools — have leaked over time.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025
The issue bringing conservative Germans face-to-face with police most often nowadays is censorship.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Hysteria over misinformation is leading us to some dark places where calls are made for the kind of censorship and conformity that breed resentment and prevent open inquiry.
—Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Various parts of the effort — including the building of China-specific censorship tools — have leaked over time.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025
The issue bringing conservative Germans face-to-face with police most often nowadays is censorship.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Hysteria over misinformation is leading us to some dark places where calls are made for the kind of censorship and conformity that breed resentment and prevent open inquiry.
—Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for censorship
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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