When members of a group adopt the role of "protecting" the group from information that goes against its decisions it is called

A) illusion of invulnerability.
B) mindguards.
C) illusion of morality.
D) self-censorship.
E) illusion of unanimity.

Mindguards refer to members of a group who take on the role of shielding the group from dissenting information or opinions that might threaten the group's consensus or decision-making process. This concept is part of the study of groupthink, a phenomenon where the desire for harmony or conformity in a group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.