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Recent Examples of censorship
The removals were disclosed in records released in response to a public information request filed by the Texas Freedom to Read Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting for student and parental rights and against censorship and book bans in Texas.
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Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
DeepSeek’s operation targeted reasoning capabilities across diverse tasks and the creation of censorship-safe alternatives to policy-sensitive queries, while Moonshot aimed at agentic reasoning and tool use, as well as coding and data analysis, Anthropic said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
But censorship can have unintended effects.
—Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
This de facto government censorship lasted from 1967 until 1991, after a court lifted the ban and allowed Titicut Follies to be publicly screened.
—Vikram Murthi, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
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Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
DeepSeek’s operation targeted reasoning capabilities across diverse tasks and the creation of censorship-safe alternatives to policy-sensitive queries, while Moonshot aimed at agentic reasoning and tool use, as well as coding and data analysis, Anthropic said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
But censorship can have unintended effects.
—Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
This de facto government censorship lasted from 1967 until 1991, after a court lifted the ban and allowed Titicut Follies to be publicly screened.
—Vikram Murthi, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censorship
suppression
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Proponents claim that an unfiltered apple cider vinegar shot each morning taken straight or diluted with water, can help with digestion, bloating, blood sugar control, appetite suppression, and give you a metabolism boost.—
Emilee Coblentz,
Outside,
8 Mar. 2026
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The project is the one of the first instances in which the city of Los Angeles is using goat grazing on its public lands for fire suppression.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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