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censor

[sen-ser] / ˈsɛn sər /


NOUN
someone who suppresses information
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The law laid the groundwork for Russia’s heavily censored “Red Web” that now entirely prohibits many foreign social-media platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some of its obfuscation tools, designed to bypass censors in restricted countries, have not performed well in highly restrictive environments like China and Russia.

From Salon

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

The letter had been opened by the censors—held by them, too: the postmark was over a week old.

From Literature

The FCC says on its website that the "First Amendment and the Communications Act expressly prohibit the Commission from censoring broadcast matter".

From BBC