censor
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U.S. officials have previously accused the bloc of using the law to censor speech, an allegation the EU denies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
A: Being censored by others is one thing but I do not censor myself.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
David Loy, the legal director for the nonpartisan First Amendment Coalition, said the measure would censor the free speech of all citizens, not just those who defamed or threatened immigrant aid workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Ceremony host Alan Cumming described the night as "trauma triggering", adding: "We were all let down by decisions made to both broadcast slurs and censor free speech."
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 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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Some overseas Chinese media outlets read it as the first lady discreetly steadying her husband, and said censors had cut the audio of her urging him to “slow down.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Lantern and other tools are constantly discovering new approaches or vulnerabilities, while censors such as Iran discover new ways to shut them down.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
In the decades since, films challenging social norms or scrutinising institutions have more often faced resistance from the censors.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
But tens of thousands of Iranians possess the satellite terminals, analysts and activists say, using them to maintain contact with like-minded citizens and share information outside the control of government firewalls and censors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
A request for a book with the word red in the title, even if it was Little Red Riding Hood, would be rejected by the censors.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Mr. Bolten, who became chief of staff, put it this way: “Most people’s censored self is better than their real self. Bush’s is not.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Who has been censored here? Name one journalist whom we have censored? There isn’t one.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
"I asked the festival team multiple times if anything needed to be censored and was told it didn't," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
“While data is imperfect and internet use remains heavily censored; we think the reports of restoration of connectivity implies the Iran regime expects a conclusion of the conflict is imminent,” Flight says.
From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026
He did not want our parents to think that those letters of ours were censored in this way, and therefore he never allowed us to correct a spelling mistake in the letter itself.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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The lawmakers said the measure was "not about censoring a service or banning a social network; it is about no longer brandishing a threat that nobody believes in".
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The FCC says on its website that the "First Amendment and the Communications Act expressly prohibit the Commission from censoring broadcast matter".
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
Google famously exited the Chinese internet search market in 2010 after deciding it wasn’t comfortable censoring results to abide by the government’s censorship rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
In nearly 500 pages of personal statements to the court, some faculty members said they’re censoring their speech and changing their courses to avoid topics that might trigger even more cuts to the university.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
Ithepen of the Eynyen District, who has been curious about the Alien Mission since, while working for the Sarf, he was in charge of censoring the broadcasts we sent out from Erhenrang.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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