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Facebook Knows When We Self-Censor and What Makes Us Do It

Posted December 25th, 2013 at 9:55 am (UTC+0)
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Self-censorship is defined as censorship imposed from within out of fear of the consequences. Put more bluntly, it’s the practice of keeping our mouths shut.  A journalist living and working in a repressive society may refrain from writing about government corruption out of fear of going to jail or worse; a celebrity might decide against […]

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