censorship

Socialists, anarchists, pacifists and other perceived radicals were also under tremendous stress from the aforementioned government campaign of persecution and censorship, including the infamous Espionage Act.

Critics and First Amendment advocates had railed against ABC's decision as censorship and a violation of free speech.

Dangerous—because Lee, a commentator on life in America since his first feature in 1986, doesn’t quite know what to say about this moment of political violence and censorship.

Still, it was easier to make a film like “The White Balloon” than something more explicitly political since censorship was less strictly enforced on films with stories about children.

“They really fought censorship as long as they could.”