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First thing comming to mind : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture

That's a good example, although is that really more prevalent in the US than in other countries? And it's not exactly censorship, it's people being fired as a consequence or de-platformed, but they can still state their opinions somewhere, even if it's on an alt right platform with barely any subscribers.

very narrow definition of censorship could be: “shot dead, by police because of federal law for saying wrong thing”

Very brosd definition could be: “suppression of speech, public communication, or other information.”

> And it's not exactly censorship, it's people being fired as a consequence

I guess it all depends how picky we are about the definition of the term.

> I guess it all depends how picky we are about the definition of the term.

To an extent, but if people are calling firing sexual abusers censorship I'd say that doesn't fit any definition.

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