gatekeepers
noun/ˈɡeɪtˌkiːpərz/
Frequency rank: #17,426 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
people or systems that control access to something or decide what information passes through.
Example sentence
Social media platforms have become gatekeepers that decide which content reaches millions of people.
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