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Recent Examples of censorship
Goebbels with social media and artificial intelligence and multiple algorithms at his fingertips—and censorship power—would be unstoppable today.
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Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Amid economic headwinds and the fragmenting of audiences with the ongoing evolution of the internet, there have also been recently been concerns regarding censorship within the traditional late-night context, with Jimmy Kimmel Live!
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
The association fulfills its human rights mandate through protest campaigns in opposition to censorship and by fighting for the release of journalists who have been imprisoned for their work.
—Marlen Bartsch, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Because the film was made during censorship under martial law in Taiwan, the film was heavily cut.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Amid economic headwinds and the fragmenting of audiences with the ongoing evolution of the internet, there have also been recently been concerns regarding censorship within the traditional late-night context, with Jimmy Kimmel Live!
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
The association fulfills its human rights mandate through protest campaigns in opposition to censorship and by fighting for the release of journalists who have been imprisoned for their work.
—Marlen Bartsch, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Because the film was made during censorship under martial law in Taiwan, the film was heavily cut.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for censorship
suppression
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The pro-democracy protests in China and their suppression preoccupied nearly everyone in Hong Kong, including Pau, who was following the protests on a daily basis.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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The science of acoustic fire suppression, which has long been known and documented in scientific literature and the press, works by vibrating oxygen molecules away from a fuel source, depriving the fire of a critical component needed for combustion.—
Cyrus Farivar,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censorship. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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