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  2. Political censorship - Wikipedia

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    Over the course of history, many nations and political organisations have utilised political censorship and propaganda in order to manipulate the public. The Ancien régime, for example, is well known for having implemented censorship. In 1851, Napoleon III declared himself emperor.

  3. Censorship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Censorship came to British America with the Mayflower "when the governor of Plymouth, Massachusetts, William Bradford learned [in 1629] [4] that Thomas Morton of Merrymount, in addition to his other misdeed, had 'composed sundry rhymes and verses, some tending to lasciviousness' the only solution was to send a military expedition to break up Morton's high-living."

  4. Censorship - Wikipedia

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    Censorship has been criticized throughout history for being unfair and hindering progress. [citation needed] In a 1997 essay on Internet censorship, social commentator Michael Landier explains that censorship is counterproductive as it prevents the censored topic from being discussed. Landier expands his argument by claiming that those who ...

  5. Censorship in the Republic of China (1912-1949) - Wikipedia

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    The committee was a non-government organization mostly composed of educators, and filmmakers did not comply with the requirements, which made its attempt at censorship ineffective. [7]: 7–8 In 1926, the Hangzhou Film Censorship Board became the first in China to cooperate work with the police to implement censorship.

  6. Ai Weiwei: Censorship in West ‘exactly the same’ as in Mao ...

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    Political censorship in the West today is “exactly the same” as it was in China under leader Mao Zedong, artist Ai Weiwei has said. The 66-year-old told Sky’s Sunday Morning With Trevor ...

  7. Biggest Political Scandals in U.S. History

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    John Edwards was a rising star in Democratic politics until “an illicit affair with a 2008 presidential campaign aide, followed by a love child, and an intense cover-up” – all while his wife ...

  8. Censure in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the history of the Senate, 10 U.S. Senators have been censured, [32] the most famous being Joseph McCarthy. [33] Their transgressions have ranged from breach of confidentiality to fighting in the Senate chamber and more generally for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute". [30]

  9. Distributed Dialogues: Political Censorship in China

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    On the latest episode of Season 2 of Distributed Dialogues, the hosts took a deep dive into the state of political repression in the People’s Republic of China. Interviewing experts and ...