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Recent Examples of censorship
While this isn’t technically a tech law, SLAPP suits have been a key weapon of tech billionaires like Elon Musk, and limiting them helps prevent what can amount to online censorship.
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Adi Robertson, The Verge, 1 Jan. 2026
Comedy, tragedy, censorship, art, exile, and survival collide in Eli Rarey’s script based on Molochnikov’s own experience.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
That show became the stuff of TV legend as the stars famously battled CBS over content and censorship concerns.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Dec. 2025
Topics brought to the fore at the hourlong rally included book bans, the censorship of artworks, federal funding cuts, issues of accessibility, and recent governmental efforts to erase Black and LGBTQ+ history.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 Dec. 2025
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Adi Robertson, The Verge, 1 Jan. 2026
Comedy, tragedy, censorship, art, exile, and survival collide in Eli Rarey’s script based on Molochnikov’s own experience.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
That show became the stuff of TV legend as the stars famously battled CBS over content and censorship concerns.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Dec. 2025
Topics brought to the fore at the hourlong rally included book bans, the censorship of artworks, federal funding cuts, issues of accessibility, and recent governmental efforts to erase Black and LGBTQ+ history.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censorship
suppression
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Cambodian workers who power the country’s export economy remain exposed to unsafe working conditions, poverty wages and systematic union suppression.—
Tharo Khun,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
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Because the chemistry is non‑flammable and doesn’t undergo thermal runaway, projects can be sited closer to the load with simpler fire suppression, changing the economics of distribution‑level storage.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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