censorship
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Muratov pointed out that the constitution still on the books "prohibits censorship, yet all free, independent media in our country have been destroyed".
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Taught by L.A.-based artist and poet Kate Ingold, the workshops center on samizdat, a practice in which Soviet dissidents hand-typed literature, criticism and poetry to bypass state censorship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Sources could be accused of violating censorship laws—or, worse, committing treason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The First Amendment prevents government censorship, but one reason there are social penalties, including criticism, shunning and firing for hateful rhetoric, is that it is not, in fact, harmless.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Like the cosmic censorship conjecture, it has not been proved but there are reasons to believe it is true.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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