censorship
noun
cen·sor·ship
ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship 
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Anyone believing most Floridians object to this censorship might want to consult election returns subsequent to that law’s passage.
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Meta has been making regular overtures to Trump since his election, nixing content moderation policies Republicans said amounted to censorship and donating $1 million to Trump's inauguration.
—Jody Godoy, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
In essence, Apple and Google offer a perfect chokepoint for countries worldwide to shape the Internet according to their censorship.
—Roger Huang, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Trump and Zuckerberg have a complicated history, with the president being critical of the Silicon Valley CEO's management of online censorship, which culminated in a ban from Meta platforms after the January 6 riots.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Meta has been making regular overtures to Trump since his election, nixing content moderation policies Republicans said amounted to censorship and donating $1 million to Trump's inauguration.
—Jody Godoy, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
In essence, Apple and Google offer a perfect chokepoint for countries worldwide to shape the Internet according to their censorship.
—Roger Huang, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Trump and Zuckerberg have a complicated history, with the president being critical of the Silicon Valley CEO's management of online censorship, which culminated in a ban from Meta platforms after the January 6 riots.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/censorship. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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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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