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Freedom of the press is about protecting the press from the government. It is not about forcing private companies to run their businesses according to the dikta
by gwright 16y ago
Freedom of the press is about protecting the press from the government. It is not about forcing private companies to run their businesses according to the diktats of small group of anonymous geeks.
- sirrocco 16y agoWell wikileaks would not have the problems it does if the government would not have interfered. The government stepped in and `advised` the private companies that it wouldn't be in their best interest to continue doing business with wikileaks. Even though nothing illegal on the part of wikileaks has been proved. Taking away the freedom of press doesn't mean shoot the leader in the head and imprison all the rest. If they manage to isolate you enough , they've succeeded in taking away your freedom.
- wtallis 16y agoVisa and MasterCard cannot act in isolation from the government: They form a duopoly that requires regulation, and they are subject to quite a bit of it. As felixmar pointed out elsewhere in the thread [1], they have gotten favors from the government that have been exposed by the very leaks at issue. It doesn't take actual evidence of a specific request from the government to establish that the government influenced their decision to change their minds about doing business with Wikileaks. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1985128 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1985128