own censorship

By 1999, Nintendo had largely given up on its own censorship policies.

Yet on the other hand, they are trying to introduce their own censorship laws which could impact people throughout the globe, not just American citizens.

The organization tried to prevent New York from becoming the first state with its own censorship board in 1921, but failed.

"We did our own censorship," he said of booksellers.

"I can manage my own censorship, thanks."

Some companies went as far as running their own censorship departments that would vet songs and artists before a recording budget was assigned.

Nintendo's own censorship policies during the late 1980s and early 1990s condemned games that had "subliminal political messages" or "overt political statements".

SAVAK had its own censorship office, "established to monitor journalists, literary figures, and academics throughout the country; it took appropriate measures against those who fell out of line.

The BBFC was established in 1912 as the British Board of Film Censors by the film industry (who would rather manage their own censorship than have national or local government do it for them).

In a way, the White House was hoist on its own censorship petard because Osama's ranting insults of the U.N. and Muslims who support America could well have worked against him had the video gotten wider play.

Prime Ministers Abdullah Badawi and Najib Razak, on many occasions, have pledged that Internet access in Malaysia will not be censored and that it is up to parents to install their own censorship software and provide education to their children (provide self-censorship).

Under pressure, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) created its own censorship agency, the Hays Code, which brought an end to nudity and risqué content in films produced by the main Hollywood studios (i.e., MPAA members).

High among the duties of the Office of War Information, set up after Pearl Harbor, was the job of keeping the movies in line, a more liberal line than came naturally to the studio heads or to their own censorship office, which was more offended by flesh than by fascism.