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Hey, if you want to know the definition of censorship, it is right here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship "Ce
by stale2002 7y ago
Hey, if you want to know the definition of censorship, it is right here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship
"Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by a government,[5] private institutions, and corporations."
This is the wikipedia definition of censorship, so that makes your definition wrong.
- hope-striker 7y agoYes, but GP was specifically stating that no rights afforded by the United States government were trampled on in this case. This is, no doubt, censorship, but some questions are: - did censoring 8chan significantly limit any sort of harmful behavior? - is censoring 8chan "right"? - does this merely hide the problem, preventing an open discussion? - should CloudFlare, an entity with massive control of Internet infrastructure, really be acting as a moral arbiter? Or do we expect some kind of neutrality from them? Do our expectations matter?