censorship

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Recent Examples of censorship Critics and rights groups argued that both the ban and the bill function as tools for censorship, threatening freedom of expression, press freedom and fundamental rights. Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025 Proton is commonly used by people seeking highly secure communications and has been blocked in countries with strict internet censorship, like Russia and Turkey. Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025 To condemn these slogans isn’t to call for censorship or criminalization. Andrew Weinstein, Time, 12 Sep. 2025 The censorship of independent media, the de facto ban on YouTube and the persecution of journalists, artists, and researchers adds to the repression. Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for censorship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for censorship
suppression
Noun
  • Enter Pickletile’s leading innovation product Pickleglass, which offers roughly 50% sound suppression in its outdoor installations out of the box.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The change is similar to actions in other states that repeatedly were struck down as unconstitutional for violating the public's First Amendment right to access information without government suppression.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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