What is going on with an apparent rise of word censorship? - Lemmy.World

I have noticed posts and comments mocking posts which have a mild curse word crossed out or ‘censored’ in some way. Yes, it was here before, but now I feel it increased. This post was my final straw: https://lemmy.world/post/34998482 [https://lemmy.world/post/34998482] I am noticing similar instances on the rise, has something happened? A law was passed somewhere?