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"A private corporation restricting access to information isn't censorship." Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may
by gnosis 15y ago
"A private corporation restricting access to information isn't censorship."
Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication
which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or
inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a
government, media outlet, or other controlling body.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Censorship https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Censorship
- ryanhuff 15y agoUnfortunately, the quoted text was missing a key word. Rephrased here: "A private corporation restricting access to ITS OWN information isn't censorship."
- carussell 15y ago...none of which resembles WSJ's actions here... (And Wikipedia is hardly approaching authoritative. I'd suggest something like the OED, but given that it's another subscription service [for the online form], I guess it would fall under one of those skewed interpretations of censorship, too.)
- pavel_lishin 15y agoCool, a pedant party. Anyone bring chips?