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Stern voiced broader concerns about government interference in media, drawing from his own experiences with censorship.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
When an official that has the power goes out and says that kind of stuff, the Supreme Court has said that can be a form of censorship.
—ABC News, 21 Sep. 2025
Tim Heidecker On the red carpet, the comedian expressed his worries about censorship.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2025
In one example, a Futurewei chief scientist made a proposal at the ITUTSS that would have altered the architecture of the internet in a way that would have expedited China’s censorship and surveillance operations, according to the select committee.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
When an official that has the power goes out and says that kind of stuff, the Supreme Court has said that can be a form of censorship.
—ABC News, 21 Sep. 2025
Tim Heidecker On the red carpet, the comedian expressed his worries about censorship.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2025
In one example, a Futurewei chief scientist made a proposal at the ITUTSS that would have altered the architecture of the internet in a way that would have expedited China’s censorship and surveillance operations, according to the select committee.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censorship
suppression
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Even so, State Department officials have been holding meetings and pushing Security Council members to support a resolution on the new gang suppression force, despite concerns about where the money to pay for it will come from.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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The regime has been accused of discrimination, human rights abuses, and suppression of dissenters, which has led to hundreds of thousands of Iranians fleeing since 1979.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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