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> Censorship, in my eyes, can only be enacted by a government.

Why do you say that? I would think that it could be enacted by any group powerful enough to suppress speech in some way.

It was the Church that made the Index librorum prohibitorum. And that was in an era where it was especially week compared to the absolute governments of the time.

>>romaae+(OP)
Good example. I read up on it, and on reflection my view on the common definition of censorship was too narrow. Not sure about the legal one, still, but it'd differ per jurisdiction. I guess the reasoning was that, in the end, only a government can enforce it.