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In China, censorship is state-run. In America, it's been privatized.
by 0x6A75616E 5y ago
In China, censorship is state-run. In America, it's been privatized.
- dalbasal 5y agoAnd the interaction between these two is coming into play as we sleep.
- jonathankoren 5y agoOnly someone that doesn’t understand what censorship is would say this. You’re arguing for government compelled speech.
- zoomgyal 5y agoWhat do you think censorship actually means? Private and Public organizations engage in censorship all the time. Youtube doesn't have to host these videos but it is still censorship. The word is morally neutral.
- tootie 5y agoIs Carnegie Hall censoring me by not letting me perform on stage just because I have no talent?
- erik_seaberg 5y agoIf only a handful of superstars are worthy, no. If everyone is worthy except for only you, yes.
- simonh 5y agoThere’s a grey area between censorship and editorial choice. For example is YouTube disallowing porn censorship? Pornhub seems to be doing very well. I think some of the social media platforms are making mistakes sometimes at the moment, but honestly they’re faced with very difficult choices. Ultimately they do have to make those choices, there’s no such thing as broadcast communications platforms without editorial selection of some kind.
- jonathankoren 5y ago“Censorship” is never used neutrally. It’s a term that is exclusively used to mean the moralistic enforcement of certain political viewpoints. Almost always this coupled with the ideas of oppression and/or backwardness. Its a loaded term.
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- alentist 5y ago> Only someone that doesn’t understand what censorship is would say this. Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient." Censorship can be conducted by governments, private institutions, and other controlling bodies. Amazon, Apple, Google, Twitter, Facebook, etc. are multibillion-dollar corporations that control a colossal share of online communications.