• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    From the fact that “censors” were people stationed at newspapers in the 20th century, doing what I said.

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      1 year ago

      The term predates that usage by well over 2000 years. Roman censors would essentially punish people for immoral behaviour by taking away their rights or by reducing their status in some way - for example, punishing them for speaking out of turn or publishing offensive material.