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Much like the dichotomy between violence and obscenity which is the subject of the article, the public and private distinction on the ethics of censorship is ex
by BlackFly 10y ago
Much like the dichotomy between violence and obscenity which is the subject of the article, the public and private distinction on the ethics of censorship is extremely American.
Consider, a "privately" owned company that opens its doors to the public is absolutely not allowed to refuse to serve someone on the basis of their skin color.
The fact is that when you open your service to the general public then you are no longer strictly speaking a "private" organization: you open yourself up to be regulated by the governments of those people you invite into your service. When you operate what can be argued is very close to a natural monopoly, you have even more duties.
- kinkdr 10y agoRegulation is one solution with a lot of problems. A much better solution is switching to an open alternative.
- pessimizer 10y agoNo, a better solution is regulation. A personal solution that can be put into action immediately is switching to an open alternative.
- RaleyField 10y agoUnless it's a bad regulation and you a left without a choice because everyone is regulated.
- aikah 10y agoCompanies shouldn't be regulated for their speech or censorship policies. Enough with regulations. If you disagree with Facebook policies stop using it and use a competing service. Period. Enough with entitlement.
- iThrowA1 10y agoWe censor censorship cause censorship is bad
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- kj01a 10y ago>you open yourself up to be regulated by the governments of those people you invite into your service. By this logic facebook should also ban gay pride symbols because Russians use facebook...
- aikah 10y ago> The fact is that when you open your service to the general public then you are no longer strictly speaking a "private" organization: So Facebook should ban any display of meat cause India, any display or criticism of Islam cause Saudi Arabia, anything related to homosexuality cause Russia ? Facebook is still a private organization and will continue to censor as it sees fit. The only reason why this idiocy became big is that a prime ministrer from Norway has been censored. That's all. Facebook isn't a democracy.