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I am for moderating stuff in general. So if you have a forum and want to ban politics or religious topic that is fine IMO. I would also be fine if Google or A
by simion314 6y ago
I am for moderating stuff in general. So if you have a forum and want to ban politics or religious topic that is fine IMO.
I would also be fine if Google or Apple would ban an application because it does something illegal or it's name/icon/description is offensive and it could "pollute" the store listing. I don't like when the giants try to ban some small applications because of user generated content but they never ban YouTube(remember the issues with pedos?)
The issue I have with the giants is that this is not a "Free market", you have only 2 players that are smart enough to correctly play the "prisoner dilemma" so both win.
Maybe in that political case they were right to ban that application but is still uncomfortable to know that 99% of mobile market is censored by the 2 giants.
Conclusion: Moderating content on your website is fine, but banning legal apps or websites because should not be easy, there should be a police,judge or some other official request behind it at least.
- IndySun 6y agoThank you. We disagree on little. However one should be careful with broad terms like' offence'. To whom do you allocate the task of deciding for you what is offensive, is the tricky part. The silicon corporates do move the goalposts to suit. Governments are not fair all the time. Where you are born impacts hugely on your life. And the laughably named 'free market' has the same flaws. All of these issues we are discussing will be alleviated, though not eradicated (impossible), the more we move towards an equal and fairer society.