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On the other hand, the idea of search engine companies blocking autocomplete keywords is a new concept that isn't taken into account by existing definitions of
by j_baker 16y ago
On the other hand, the idea of search engine companies blocking autocomplete keywords is a new concept that isn't taken into account by existing definitions of censorship. Regardless of how you define censorship, the core concept is that censorship is blocking content that is deemed inappropriate. Google is essentially blocking content that is deemed inappropriate under some standard, so therefore it is censorship.
English is a constantly evolving language. Words' definitions aren't set in stone once they're entered into the dictionary.
- hugh3 16y agoGoogle is essentially blocking content that is deemed inappropriate under some standard, so therefore it is censorship. A fun exercise: what else would count as censorship under this rather expanded definition? For instance, if I run a bookstore then am I "censoring" every book I don't carry?
- j_baker 16y agoAre you not carrying those books because you deem them inappropriate or because you simply don't have space for them all?
- hugh3 16y agoWhat if I'm not carrying them because I don't think they're good?
- anonymoushn 16y agoThat's fine. To me, only the widespread and self-promoted idea that your bookstore is a channel for absolutely any public discourse (in the form of books for sale) would make your decision not to carry a book an act of censorship. This is why it is censorship when Amazon does not carry The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure, but not when Borders does not carry it.
- j_baker 16y agoI don't know. What if you're not carrying them because you don't think they're good?