I think this hasn't really been apparent, until now, because we haven't been storing things on Nostr that anyone would demand be censored.
Storing entire publications is what will change this, because it turns Nostr into a sort of InternetArchive/Wikileaks hybrid, but more decentralized, and fully-functioning over Tor or the Internet or Meshtastic, etc. Not just decentralized over space (geographic server distribution, like what Microsoft does for 365 customers), but over people/companies, and legal jurisdictions.
Top ten things "they" would actually want to censor?
P*rn isn't one, that's clear.
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They love porn. Makes men docile and apathetic.
Hmmm...
Well, they censored "Pippi Langstrumpf" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" and stuff, so I think we should assume they'd constantly censor (including rewriting) most things.