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Recent Examples of censorship
In Lou’s vision, the ongoing lockdown—the ubiquitous, harassing security forces, the intrusive I.D. checks and temperature readings, the pervasive information-gathering—comes off as both a symbol of a regime of surveillance and censorship and a relentless intensification of that system.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Facebook employees spoke with Chinese regulators about how a censorship system could work and about what Facebook needed to do to win approval to release its apps there, according to the book and documents seen by NBC News.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025
For example, violence in Shenzhen is unknown in Beijing due to strict censorship.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Indie filmmaker Todd Solondz has for over four decades batted off ratings battles, jeers and boos at film festivals, and censorship controversies for his unflinching and scaldingly funny deadpan dioramas of American suburban life.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Facebook employees spoke with Chinese regulators about how a censorship system could work and about what Facebook needed to do to win approval to release its apps there, according to the book and documents seen by NBC News.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025
For example, violence in Shenzhen is unknown in Beijing due to strict censorship.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Indie filmmaker Todd Solondz has for over four decades batted off ratings battles, jeers and boos at film festivals, and censorship controversies for his unflinching and scaldingly funny deadpan dioramas of American suburban life.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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