1. the practice of examining books, movies, news, etc., and removing things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, or politically unacceptable

Examples

• The government imposed strict censorship on all newspapers during the war.
• Many authors have criticized censorship of their books in schools.
• Internet censorship varies greatly from country to country.
• The film was released without any censorship cuts.
• Censorship of social media posts has become a controversial topic.
• The artist spoke out against censorship of creative expression.