Yes it is a broad thing, and yes government and private censorship are not the same, but they are both censorship, at least according to the wikipedia and ACLU definitions [1,2].
And given the volume of posts censored and users banned by social media, where most public debate happens these days, most censorship is now by private companies.
And given the volume of posts censored and users banned by social media, where most public debate happens these days, most censorship is now by private companies.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship
[2] https://www.aclu.org/documents/what-censorship