Soft censorship, hard impact
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Soft censorship is growing alarmingly as a global phenomenon. Official ‘soft censorship’ (or ‘indirect government censorship’) describes an array of official actions intended to influence media output short of legal or extra-legal bans, direct censorship of specific content, or physical attacks on media outlets or media practitioners.
The tactics of official soft censorship are increasingly pervasive and alarmingly effective means of media manipulation a...
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