Censorship
noun
The act of examining books, movies, letters, etc. to remove things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, or politically unacceptable.
There has been increasing censorship of the internet.
Often appears as...
- internet censorship
- media censorship
noun
The system or laws that do this examination and removal.
The country has a strict censorship on media.
Often appears as...
- strict censorship
- legal censorship
noun
The act of examining books, movies, letters, etc. to remove things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, or politically unacceptable.
There has been increasing censorship of the internet.
Often appears as...
- internet censorship
- media censorship
noun
The system or laws that do this examination and removal.
The country has a strict censorship on media.
Often appears as...
- strict censorship
- legal censorship
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Censorship often implies that information is unfairly or unnecessarily restricted.
Many artists fight against censorship to freely express their ideas.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjectivity
What is deemed offensive or harmful can vary greatly between different cultures and individuals.
Censorship in one country might not apply in another due to different cultural norms.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Understanding the historical and cultural context is essential, as censorship reflects societal values at a given time.
Censorship during wartime often increases to guard national security.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Censorship often implies that information is unfairly or unnecessarily restricted.
Many artists fight against censorship to freely express their ideas.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjectivity
What is deemed offensive or harmful can vary greatly between different cultures and individuals.
Censorship in one country might not apply in another due to different cultural norms.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Understanding the historical and cultural context is essential, as censorship reflects societal values at a given time.
Censorship during wartime often increases to guard national security.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Censorship often implies that information is unfairly or unnecessarily restricted.
Many artists fight against censorship to freely express their ideas.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjectivity
What is deemed offensive or harmful can vary greatly between different cultures and individuals.
Censorship in one country might not apply in another due to different cultural norms.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
Understanding the historical and cultural context is essential, as censorship reflects societal values at a given time.
Censorship during wartime often increases to guard national security.
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What we learned from 5...
But much more importantly, the distribution is much wider. There are many people who end up on the far left on this distribution who are talked about 10 times fewer than they should have been. But then also many people on the far right who seem to benefit from propaganda. This picture is the hallmark of censorship in the book record.
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What we learned from 5...
importantly the distribution is much wider there are many people who end up on the far left of this distribution who are talked about ten times fewer and they should have been but then also many people on the far right who seem to benefit from propaganda this picture here is the hallmark of censorship in
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Alexandra Fuller: Born...
was one of the few people who didn't have a bullet wound to show well and one of the things that the dentist said to us and this moved me incredibly now the one thing I did not have growing up was freedom of speech I grew up either and again psmith where there was censorship
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The rapid growth of the...
because of the abundance of educational incentives. And local, domestic companies, in the past, have been protected from international competition by market controls. Of course, you cannot observe the Chinese internet without finding widespread censorship
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Behind the Great...
censorship so that's not only to censor you sometimes that's Chinese national Internet policy is very simple block and clone only one hand he want to satisfy people's need of social network which is very important if people really love
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The case for a...
This move officially made me the enemy of the government-supported internet censorship. Since then, it's been really a game of cat and mouse. They make new rules in the firewall and I try to react to it as fast as I can
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What the world can learn...
it changed the way that containment works, it certainly has changed the way that consumer life works. And of course, there's been a lot of instances of really interesting censorship, but also, more interestingly,
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Shirin Neshat: Art in...
you're facing censorship, harassment, arrest, torture -- at times, execution. If you're living outside like me, you're faced with life in exile -- the pain of the longing and the separation from your loved ones
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Art + activism =...
censorship make us stronger and I hope he understood with my work that art is useful that through art we can start building a world that works differently thank you
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We're building a...
I've written about how crucial social media is for social movements. I have studied how these technologies can be used to circumvent censorship around the world.
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What we learned from 5...
But much more importantly, the distribution is much wider. There are many people who end up on the far left on this distribution who are talked about 10 times fewer than they should have been. But then also many people on the far right who seem to benefit from propaganda. This picture is the hallmark of censorship in the book record.
Video examples
What we learned from 5...
importantly the distribution is much wider there are many people who end up on the far left of this distribution who are talked about ten times fewer and they should have been but then also many people on the far right who seem to benefit from propaganda this picture here is the hallmark of censorship in
Video examples
Alexandra Fuller: Born...
was one of the few people who didn't have a bullet wound to show well and one of the things that the dentist said to us and this moved me incredibly now the one thing I did not have growing up was freedom of speech I grew up either and again psmith where there was censorship
Video examples
The rapid growth of the...
because of the abundance of educational incentives. And local, domestic companies, in the past, have been protected from international competition by market controls. Of course, you cannot observe the Chinese internet without finding widespread censorship
Video examples
Behind the Great...
censorship so that's not only to censor you sometimes that's Chinese national Internet policy is very simple block and clone only one hand he want to satisfy people's need of social network which is very important if people really love
Video examples
The case for a...
This move officially made me the enemy of the government-supported internet censorship. Since then, it's been really a game of cat and mouse. They make new rules in the firewall and I try to react to it as fast as I can
Video examples
What the world can learn...
it changed the way that containment works, it certainly has changed the way that consumer life works. And of course, there's been a lot of instances of really interesting censorship, but also, more interestingly,
Video examples
Shirin Neshat: Art in...
you're facing censorship, harassment, arrest, torture -- at times, execution. If you're living outside like me, you're faced with life in exile -- the pain of the longing and the separation from your loved ones
Video examples
Art + activism =...
censorship make us stronger and I hope he understood with my work that art is useful that through art we can start building a world that works differently thank you
Video examples
We're building a...
I've written about how crucial social media is for social movements. I have studied how these technologies can be used to circumvent censorship around the world.
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Katey Sagal
American Athlete
I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your values. You're playing a character, but the way the media will sometimes ask you if these are your opinions, you know - they make you responsible for that, and I take issue with it because I don't believe in censorship.
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Judy Blume
American Author
I'm thinking of sending out censorship packets: information to share with those who want to defend my books when they come under fire. I'll tell why I wrote them and include reviews and letters of support from children and their parents.
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Karan Johar
Indian Director
I'm deeply stressed as a filmmaker, and I know I'm not alone. The censorship crisis, the moral policing, the politics of it has most of us on edge. I'm scared to use certain words: like, if I use 'Bombay,' will there be a problem?
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Robert Towne
American Actor
But, uh, censorship at that time said that you just absolutely couldn't do anything involving children and so we had to go from there. I don't remember what I changed it to. Duvall is just excellent in it.
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Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration.
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Mae West
American Actress
Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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Steven Spielberg
American Director
There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.
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Jimmy Wales
American Businessman
I worry about censorship in many parts of the world.
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Federico Fellini
Italian Director
Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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Katey Sagal
American Athlete
I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your values. You're playing a character, but the way the media will sometimes ask you if these are your opinions, you know - they make you responsible for that, and I take issue with it because I don't believe in censorship.
Quote examples
Judy Blume
American Author
I'm thinking of sending out censorship packets: information to share with those who want to defend my books when they come under fire. I'll tell why I wrote them and include reviews and letters of support from children and their parents.
Quote examples
Karan Johar
Indian Director
I'm deeply stressed as a filmmaker, and I know I'm not alone. The censorship crisis, the moral policing, the politics of it has most of us on edge. I'm scared to use certain words: like, if I use 'Bombay,' will there be a problem?
Quote examples
Robert Towne
American Actor
But, uh, censorship at that time said that you just absolutely couldn't do anything involving children and so we had to go from there. I don't remember what I changed it to. Duvall is just excellent in it.
Quote examples
Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration.
Quote examples
Mae West
American Actress
Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
Quote examples
Steven Spielberg
American Director
There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.
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Jimmy Wales
American Businessman
I worry about censorship in many parts of the world.
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Federico Fellini
Italian Director
Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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