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If you're referring to the removal of hate speech from online platforms, it's misleading to characterize that as censorship. I have every right to (and should)
by Townley 8y ago
If you're referring to the removal of hate speech from online platforms, it's misleading to characterize that as censorship. I have every right to (and should) kick people out of my house for spewing vitriol, and companies have every right to (and should) do the same.
- Wohlf 8y agoThe Chinese government completely agrees with you.
- Townley 8y agoMaybe so, but I don't agree with them. What they're doing is using their state monopoly on force to squash dissent. That's reprehensible, and entirely separate from companies deciding what content they want to endorse through re-broadcast. I'd be genuinely curious to hear what people think is the difference between "deplatforming" a screaming racist in my living room by telling them to leave, and removing someone's account from a website I built. It seems to me like both are not only well within my rights, but the correct thing to do.