censorship
noun
cen·sor·ship
ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship 
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Early narratives of a mass user exodus prompted by service outages and censorship concerns now appear overstated, according to new figures.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
More disturbingly, some MAGA cultural warriors claimed to be disgusted by Bad Bunny’s suggestive dancing and called for his censorship, harking back to the 1950s, when emerging superstar Elvis Presley was shot by TV cameras from the waist up during his appearance at the Ed Sullivan show.
—Ediberto Roman, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
For years, Turkey’s government, headed by authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been muzzling filmmakers’ voices through censorship laws and state funding constraints on projects that didn’t seem to toe the political line.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
The dominant force in big tech has shifted from online censorship fights, which sharpened questions about platforms’ size and reach, to AI urgency, where the industry and the White House are more aligned.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
More disturbingly, some MAGA cultural warriors claimed to be disgusted by Bad Bunny’s suggestive dancing and called for his censorship, harking back to the 1950s, when emerging superstar Elvis Presley was shot by TV cameras from the waist up during his appearance at the Ed Sullivan show.
—Ediberto Roman, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
For years, Turkey’s government, headed by authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been muzzling filmmakers’ voices through censorship laws and state funding constraints on projects that didn’t seem to toe the political line.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
The dominant force in big tech has shifted from online censorship fights, which sharpened questions about platforms’ size and reach, to AI urgency, where the industry and the White House are more aligned.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/censorship. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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censorship
noun
cen·sor·ship
ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship
: the system or practice of censoring
Medical Definition
censorship
noun
cen·sor·ship
ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship
: exclusion from consciousness by the psychic censor
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