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And who is to be the censor? Would you be so complacent if I were the censor, dictating what you can and cannot read, see, and hear?
by dlivingston 7y ago
And who is to be the censor? Would you be so complacent if I were the censor, dictating what you can and cannot read, see, and hear?
- root_axis 7y agoThe censor is the owner of the platform broadcasting the content. If I didn't like your censorship practices then I wouldn't use your platform.
- dlivingston 7y agoJust to be clear, are you advocating for censorship on a platform (i.e. Facebook) level, or a governmental level as well?
- root_axis 7y agoI am not "advocating for censorship", I am "advocating" for the freedom to determine what content is hosted on a computer you own. A computer owned by the government is a different story since government property is paid for by the tax-payer, so it should not be able to act unilaterally in matters of removing content.
- waterhouse 7y agoAnd, out of curiosity, what would you say if someone made an argument that company X, while not owned by the government, is effectively a monopoly due in significant part to government intervention? Mechanisms for this might be: patent grants, regulations that create significant barriers to entry for new competitors, lucrative contracts with a federal department, inconsistent enforcement of existing laws while the incumbent has protective connections with the enforcers, tariffs...
- root_axis 7y agoYour hypothetical is too vague for me to answer. If you have a specific example I'd be happy to elucidate further. I'll add that I don't regard patents, regulation, or "inconsistent enforcement of existing laws" as a reason why a company or individual should forfeit the freedom to determine what they host on a computer they own.