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political censorship  

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  • Political censorship is as old a social phenomenon as politics itself. It normally refers to the mechanism, process, or system employed to restrict people's expression of ideas deemed subversive, seditious, unorthodox, or politically incorrect. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Communication; Censorship, Political]

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