That constitutes sly, subversive censorship.

The basic argument that lack of Government financing constitutes censorship or even has a "chilling effect" looks increasingly bogus.

Reuters quoted an unidentified Chinese official early today as saying that the new restrictions would not mean a slowdown in up-to-the-minute financial news, and would not constitute censorship.

The debate among the students, said Allan Hacklin, the department chairman, was largely over whether forbidding Mr. Arnold to exhibit his work would constitute censorship.

Reporters Without Borders charged that the prohibition constituted improper censorship, but noted it was ineffective because the film was widely available on the Internet.

This said, we do not believe that an order that shuts down websites devoted to infringing activity would violate the First Amendment (nor would it constitute "censorship").

He said that failure to publish "The Satanic Verses" in paperback "implies an acceptance of the fatwa" and constitutes "censorship."

At a subsequent student government meeting, Ms. Langsam insisted that her actions did not constitute censorship.

Viken Peltekian, a special art student from Chicago, said the contest restrictions would have constituted censorship.