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>>Also censorship has a specific denotation, i.e. that is is performed by an agent of the state Uh, no. Censorship means the suppression of speech or informati
by enraged_camel 10y ago
>>Also censorship has a specific denotation, i.e. that is is performed by an agent of the state
Uh, no. Censorship means the suppression of speech or information. Said suppression does not require involvement from an agent of the state to qualify as censorship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship
- trowawee 10y agoSuppressing speech requires the power to make you stop. Deleting a comment on my site isn't suppressing your speech, because you can still speak where you want to except for on my site.
- enraged_camel 10y agoIt suppresses speech on your site. That's what matters. Same with government-enforced censorship: North Korea can censor speech, but only within its borders. Just because North Koreans living in the US can speak out against Kim Jong-un doesn't mean that what North Korea is doing doesn't count as censorship.