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Mr. Parks rejected the argument that students were censoring her politics.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
Did you have the impression that they were censoring themselves in your presence?
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2018
"This school district does offer sexual education classes. If we were censoring, we would not offer anything on this topic whatsoever."
From Reuters ● Oct. 30, 2014
Because, writes the BBC, Reddit’s top yea-or-naysayers decided to demote it after reports emerged earlier this month claiming r/technology’s moderators were censoring several dozen words, among them “Anonymous,” “Bitcoin,” “Comcast,” “net neutrality,” “NSA” and “Snowden.”
From Time ● Apr. 22, 2014
They were censoring art, and they wanted to play their anthem before an artist went onstage.
From Time Magazine Archive
