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censorship

noun as in forbiddance; ban

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For the same reasons, I joined this petition asking for an end to the commission’s de facto tool for censorship.

Mass movements spearheaded by the under-30s arose across Asia, Africa and Latin America to fight against poor living standards, social media censorship and elite corruption.

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But a lawyer for the US-based company previously told the BBC it had no intention of paying, accusing the regulator of overreach and censorship.

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Political parties were banned, censorship was universal and young people wanted change.

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Military censorship laws in Israel mean that military personnel were shown our material before publication.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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