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At some point we may collectively realize that controlling language in such a way is impossible. People will just find alternative ways to express exactly the same sentiment.

Apparently you can't say "suicide" anymore in YouTube videos because it's automatic demonetization so people are now saying "unalive"

In China, similar tricks are used to work around automatic censorship. For instance, in the early days of the covid pandemic:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/03/china-social-...

That's pretty ducking clever