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There is a right of free speech in many countries (I assume you are in one of them), but that right does not force anyone else to distribute or publish your spe
by mattlondon 10y ago
There is a right of free speech in many countries (I assume you are in one of them), but that right does not force anyone else to distribute or publish your speech.
Their servers, and their decision on what data is on them.
Want to make it available for every to read? Run your own server and host it there.
tl;dr - you have the right to say what you want, but you cant force anyone to listen.
- Flimm 10y agoAnd that's why no one is talking about forcing GitHub and Gitlab to do anything. They're merely complaining. Just because someone complains about something doesn't mean they think it is illegal or ought to be illegal.
- erikpukinskis 10y agoYes, but one by one the word "censorship" loses it's meaning. It used to mean preventing people from publishing their work. Now all it means is disagreeing about what should get shown prominently on social networks.
- mcbits 10y agoAnyone suppressing a work based on ethical judgments is practicing censorship. They could be acting on the authority of a state or religious institution, they could be removing immodest young adult fiction from the shelves at a children's library, or they could be moderating the content of a web site. Web sites are new, but the concept is the same as it's always been.