CENSORSHIP

Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet or other controlling body. It can be done by governments and private organizations or by individuals who engage in self-censorship. It occurs in a variety of different contexts including speech, books, music, films, and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of reasons including national security, to control obscenity, child pornography, and hate speech, to protect children, to promote or restrict political or religious ...

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censorship

Noun

  1. The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
    I think that censorship is an admission that you have lost an argument


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