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Censorship is a government action. When people and private companies do it, it's called filtering. There's a world of difference between an individual or compan
by kgwxd 8y ago
Censorship is a government action. When people and private companies do it, it's called filtering. There's a world of difference between an individual or company having control over data vs. a government. People and companies with heavy influence can mess things up a quite a bit, sure, but they can't arrest, imprison, sentence or put anyone to death.
- amckinlay 8y agoAnd this time we actually have legitimate, real, censorship to fight.
- whataboutthis 8y agoCensorship is not at all limited to government action. It is "the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security." Anybody with suppressional power over information can do it. "Filtering" is not descriptive of what is happening either, that word trivializes and even gives the action a positive connotation. Filtering removes stuff nobody wants, it cleans, it gets rid of debris and trash. Beware of word subversion! If you try to make morally bankrupt actions harder to describe depending on the actor then you're attempting speech and thought control.
- svachalek 8y agoThat world of difference is a very small world given the kind of collusion that goes on these days. In China, it's probably about the size of a desktop globe.
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- codedokode 8y agoCensorship can also be unofficial, when there is no law for it, but someone from the government unofficially advises that the company should "filter" some information and they comply.