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I don't understand this idea that "citizens" can hold the reins of censorship. If an item's removal is up for public debate, it was never really removed. E.g. i
by closeparen 6y ago
I don't understand this idea that "citizens" can hold the reins of censorship. If an item's removal is up for public debate, it was never really removed. E.g. it does not really solve the problem of Holocaust denial content if you still have people complaining that Holocaust denial content should be allowed. And it is not a democratic law anymore if you don't get to criticize it.
Censors operated in secret and beyond accountability not because of some accident of history, but because it was essential to the nature of their work.
- Qwertious 6y agoCensorship isn't all-or-nothing though - spoiler tags being a common example. It stops you from reading it and says "warning you don't want to read this because X", then leaves it up to you. You could censor misinformation/etc with this method, yet still be held accountable.
- closeparen 6y agoDisclaimers can be helpful but you’re still giving those views a platform, and horrible people who want to congregate and reinforce their views to each other can still do it. I don’t think this satisfies the anti-big-tech crowd, although I’d be happy if it did.