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I did not expect to see platform censorship accelerate at this rate. It always seems to be government and media dictating the terms of the censorship as well, w

• csharptwdec19 6y ago
  > It always seems to be government and media dictating the terms of the censorship as well, which should be very concerning. I'm not incredibly shocked. This is on some levels history repeating itself. Media has historically been 'self-regulating', if only because they want to avoid having regulations imposed on them. However, this also has the not-unintentional side effect of those self regulating bodies also acting as gatekeepers. Another parallel to draw: When the Hays code was challenged due to 1FA, the MPAA created the 'rating' system, in which movies have their content rated on by an unknown group of people impose their moral code, and remember before the age of the internet, you -had- to hit certain ratings to have any hope of a decent number of people seeing your movie. Any Adults-only rating would result in the overwhelming majority of theaters refusing to show the film. Sure, you could still release it somewhere else. Sound familiar?