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self-censorship
noun
- the regulation of a group's actions and statements by its own members rather than an external agency
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For foreign businesses, self-censorship and kowtowing to the CCP is common in China.
Americans tend to bristle even at self-censorship; we are reluctant to declare that we simply are not going to look at something.
Criticism of the Chinese government can appear in media (even though self-censorship is becoming increasingly common).
Most investigative reporting fell prey to self-censorship after the Kremlin went after its practitioners.
Last January, Vincoli wrote a column for the Yale Daily News detailing self-censorship and protest restrictions on campus.
Thus, self-censorship has replaced direct government control for the most part.
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