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Definition of censorship
1a : the institution, system, or practice of censoring They oppose government censorship.b : the actions or practices of censors; especially : censorial control exercised repressively censorship that has … permitted a very limited dispersion of facts — Philip Wylie
2 : the office, power, or term of a Roman censor
3 : exclusion from consciousness by the psychic censor
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Recent Examples of censorship from the Web
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But big corporate media does face enough regulatory matters that even a single exemplary case would suffice to induce large-scale self-censorship.
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But human rights experts and the companies affected warn that the law risks privatizing the process of censorship and could have a chilling effect on free speech.
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Pop quiz: Which group is protected by Facebook’s secret censorship algorithm?
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Many artists took to expressing themes of censorship and sexual liberation.
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The justices ruled that the same censorship standards being applied to broadcast radio and television could not be applied to the Internet.
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For the longest time, my biggest issue in terms of sexual orientation in the workplace was a matter of self-censorship out of fear of how people would react.
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Google withdrew its Internet search business from that country seven years ago, citing concerns about censorship.
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Twitter continues to face allegations of censorship with its inconsistent efforts to block white nationalists and other users engaged in hate speech.
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CENSORSHIP Defined for English Language Learners
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: the system or practice of censoring books, movies, letters, etc.
CENSORSHIP Defined for Kids
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: the system or practice of examining writings or movies and taking out things considered offensive or immoral
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Legal Definition of censorship
: the institution, system, or practice of censoring — compare freedom of speech, prior restraint
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