3 ways the government can silence opinions it disagrees with, without using censorship

Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash. Article by Gregory P. Magarian. The Conversation – June 2, 2025.

When most people think of how governments stifle free speech, they think of censorship. That’s when a government directly blocks or suppresses speech. In the past, the federal government has censored speech in various ways. It has tried to block news outlets from publishing certain stories. It has punished political dissenters. It has banned sales of “obscene” books. Today, however, the federal government rarely tries to censor speech so crudely. It has less blatant but very effective ways to suppress dissent. The current actions of the Trump administration show how government can silence speakers without censoring them. […]

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