government censorship

collocation in English

meaningsofgovernmentandcensorship

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government
noun
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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censorship
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsen.sə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈsen.sɚ.ʃɪp/
the action of preventing part or the whole of a book, film, work of art, document, or other kind of communication from being seen or made available to the public, because it is considered to be offensive or harmful, or because it contains information that someone wishes to keep secret, often for ...
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(Definition ofgovernmentandcensorshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That standard is defined not by criteria of artistic worth but by ideals of self-governance and distrust ofgovernmentcensorship.
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Rap had become perhaps the most direct, most vitriolic form of political commentary in a country steeped in over a generation of widespreadgovernmentcensorship.
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It is therefore a protection against unduegovernmentcensorship.
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But more perniciously it is a scheme that will create the infrastructure forgovernmentcensorshipon a broader scale.
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They also served as a method of avoidinggovernmentcensorship, as a public discussion could be held in private.
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There is no evidence of officially sanctionedgovernmentcensorship, however newspaper owners have complained about intimidation tactics being used in an attempt to influence coverage.
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In many nations, particularly those with relatively authoritarian forms of government, overtgovernmentcensorshipis enforced.
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Broadcast media are subject togovernmentcensorship, both directly and indirectly, and self-censorship is evident.
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These subtle methods ofgovernmentcensorshipmay cause netizens to believe that their searched materials were not censored.
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After the initial screening, it was withdrawn from cinemas due togovernmentcensorship.
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Governmentcensorshipat this time also became very strict, focusing mainly on any hint of pro-communist messages or obscenity.
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He stated that most television censorship is corporate censorship, notgovernmentcensorship.
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There is no evidence of officially sanctionedgovernmentcensorship, although newspaper editors complained of intimidation tactics aimed at influencing coverage.
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In the period of growing militarism to the outbreak of total war in the 1930s to the 1940s, newspapers faced intensegovernmentcensorshipand control.
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This means identifying which values and norms (e.g. free speech versusgovernmentcensorship) are more likely to maximize the well-being of all conscious creatures.
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The onlygovernmentcensorshipthat remains on music is on videos.
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The official media remained tightly controlled bygovernmentcensorshipand obstruction.
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The groups involved claim that the operation aims to protestgovernmentcensorshipand monitoring of the internet.
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Instead, he filmed the movie himself with a low budget and requested thegovernmentcensorshipboard approval.
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