Interestingly, in Tsarist Russia, the censors allowed the future Soviet dictator Lenin to publish his criticisms of imperialism as long as he didn't mention Rus

Interestingly, in Tsarist Russia, the censors allowed the future Soviet dictator Lenin to publish his criticisms of imperialism as long as he didn't mention Russia; he complied by choosing Japan as an example. But everyone involved, including the readers, knew that he really meant to address Russian imperialism. Technically, the world has changed a lot in the meantime; there wasn't even a public radio service in Tsarist time, and now we have the Internet. But the problem of censorship and various ways to circumvent it seems to be the same as before.