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Because Google is a private company is why it is NOT censorship.
by jacksmith21006 9y ago
Because Google is a private company is why it is NOT censorship.
- waterphone 9y agoIt's censorship, it's just legal censorship because it's not the government doing it.
- chillwaves 9y agoThat's not what censorship means.
- wlesieutre 9y agoHere's what Merriam Webster says censorship means: >1 a : the institution, system, or practice of censoring >"They oppose government censorship." The example use calls out government censorship as a specific type of censorship. If "censorship" meant "the government censoring things" you would not need to specify "government censorship" in that sentence. Yes, I know that dictionary definitions are not necessarily the final word on what something means, but they're absolutely correct here. It is a broad word and it is widely used in other contexts. People other than the government can censor things. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_censorship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_censorship
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- optimuspaul 9y agoyeah I don't think that the definition of censorship has any caveats to it to indicate the actor must be a public entity.
- wlesieutre 9y agoThe word "censor" doesn't exclusively apply to government actions though.