censorship
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Taught by L.A.-based artist and poet Kate Ingold, the workshops center on samizdat, a practice in which Soviet dissidents hand-typed literature, criticism and poetry to bypass state censorship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Humour, he said, was a centuries-old part of Turkish culture but there would be "no place for censorship, bans or detention when it comes to artists on the stage", he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The First Amendment prevents government censorship, but one reason there are social penalties, including criticism, shunning and firing for hateful rhetoric, is that it is not, in fact, harmless.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Defending the double act, fellow comedian Dom Joly, of Trigger Happy TV, questioned the BBC's "censorship" of itself.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“As you may know, there’s a petition to get my song taken off Dat Cloud. Besides the fact it’s censorship, it’s stupid as hell.”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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