censorship
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The controversy also reminded her of Ireland's history of literary censorship, which affected famous writers including Edna O'Brien, Samuel Beckett and John McGahern.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 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
From the start, Dill saw that “the ‘twilight zone’ between censorship and the refusal to renew a station license because of the service rendered, is undetermined.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The agency is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing on First Amendment rights of the press.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
I strongly believe in cosmic censorship so I bet Kip Thorne and John Preskill of Cal Tech that it would always hold.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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