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Censorship
General Paper 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| authoritarian | expecting strict obedience to (state) authority at the cost of personal freedom; with little or no concern for the wishes or desires of other people |
| Big Tech | the largest and most dominant companies in the information technology industry of the United States, namely Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft. |
| blacklist | A list of people or products viewed with suspicion or disapproval. |
| brainwash | to indoctrinate; to make someone change their beliefs by using systematic and often forcible pressure |
| controversial | giving rise or likely to give rise to public disagreement |
| deplatform | prevent a person from contributing to a discussion or forum, especially on social media |
| disinformation | misinformation that is deliberately misleading and intended to deceive |
| Extremist content | (usually political or religious) ideas considered far from the mainstream way of thinking |
| free speech | the right to say our opinions, in public or in private, without fear of being stopped or punished by the government for those ideas |
| hate speech | threatening and abusive speech or writing that expresses extreme prejudice on the basis of race, gender, religion and so on |
| Heresy | an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
| manipulation | An indirect, dishonest way to control or influence others |
| Misinformation | false, untrue, inaccurate and misleading information |
| perspective | point of view; a particular way of looking at some issue |
| Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
| Suppression | the prevention or stopping (of something) |
| constitutional | allowed by the constitution |
| precedent | an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances. |
| social unrest | Protests and rebellions that are early evidence of dissatisfaction with the status quo. |
| orthodox | in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things |