censorship
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Ekaterina Mizulina, the head of Russia's state-sponsored internet censorship watchdog, said in December she had received "63,000 emails" from disgruntled schoolchildren and parents commenting on the ban.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
We are explicitly prohibited from censoring broadcasters, but this is censorship.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
Wu, a professor at Columbia University in New York, who was involved in the Obama and Biden administrations, called it "censorship".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Moments of censorship or political pressure rarely eliminate satire; while they may displace it, forcing it into new platforms, formats and voices, the critical perspectives of satire remain.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
I strongly believe in cosmic censorship so I bet Kip Thorne and John Preskill of Cal Tech that it would always hold.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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