censorship

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Brioso trained as a nurse and worked at a military hospital after college, but lost his job after he expressed support online for the San Isidro protest movement, which opposes government censorship of artistic expression.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Unlike China, it had failed to institute a sweeping censorship system when the internet was in its infancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In the current climate of censorship and the strain imposed by war it is impossible to gauge how much popular support there is for regime change.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Kevin Hall, a leading nutrition scientist who carried out prominent research on the links between ultraprocessed foods and health, left his job at the National Institutes of Health last year, citing censorship concerns.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

In Protestant countries censorship was less rigorous, although there were still limits as to what could be published.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton