censor
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The trial included testimony from Instagram boss Adam Mosseri, who told the court that the company is trying to be as “safe as possible but also censor as little as possible.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
According to Colbert, the network didn’t just want to censor the content — it wanted to censor the censorship itself, informing him that he couldn’t even mention that he’d been prohibited from airing it.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
But increasingly they are observing governments in countries like Iran and Myanmar emerging from internet shutdowns with a supercharged ability to censor internet access.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Rather than risk discipline and uncertain litigation, some faculty simply self censor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
Readers of Montaigne are—and always have been—sharply divided between those who think his protestations of Catholic orthodoxy were genuine, and those who think they were merely concessions to the censor.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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