censorship
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That moment was removed from the VHS copy of the 1980s classic he’d rented because of strict censorship in Mexico at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Others use virtual private networks, or VPN connections, to bypass censorship and access websites of independent publications abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The regime relied on strict media censorship and the Stasi, a large and feared secret police force to keep citizens in line.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
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
The e-mailed stories ranged from suspensions and expulsions for “antisocial behavior” to censorship of student publications to new restrictions on computing, Web browsing, and especially gaming.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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