self-censorship

For foreign businesses, self-censorship and kowtowing to the CCP is common in China.

Americans tend to bristle even at self-censorship; we are reluctant to declare that we simply are not going to look at something.

Criticism of the Chinese government can appear in media (even though self-censorship is becoming increasingly common).

Most investigative reporting fell prey to self-censorship after the Kremlin went after its practitioners.

Last January, Vincoli wrote a column for the Yale Daily News detailing self-censorship and protest restrictions on campus.

Thus, self-censorship has replaced direct government control for the most part.