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censor

[sen-ser] / ˈsɛn sər /


NOUN
someone who suppresses information
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Rather than risk discipline and uncertain litigation, some faculty simply self censor.

From The Wall Street Journal

After four months of restless waiting, filmmaker Kiwi Chow received a dreaded, but not altogether unexpected, message: Hong Kong censors had banned his new movie from reaching the big screen.

From Barron's

But at the same time, he said, “the more you censor someone, the more young people follow them.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The new authorities' information ministry still reviews scripts but the censor's comments on "The King's Family" were very minor, he said from a traditional Damascus house where the team was discussing the order of scenes.

From Barron's

As a young man in Henan province, Guan Heng found a way to evade Chinese internet censors and access foreign news.

From The Wall Street Journal