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In recent years it has censored its statements, avoided calls for protest and zealously guarded its marginal influence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
North Korea's state television channel has censored a BBC gardening programme - by blurring out presenter Alan Titchmarsh's trousers.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
One television channel has censored advertisements for soap operas.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2021
For its part, the mainland Chinese government has barely acknowledged the protests and has censored any mention of them in Chinese media.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2019
I call it ludicrous, because it has censored such matter as Kipling’s “Recessional” and Browning’s poetry.
From The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship by Harold W. (Harold Williams) Picton
