3 ms·
You'll find I agree that the concept of silently spam filtering on TLD of a link is something that pisses me off. You'll also find that calling this "censorshi
by unethical_ban 5y ago
You'll find I agree that the concept of silently spam filtering on TLD of a link is something that pisses me off.
You'll also find that calling this "censorship" as if it has to do with government action, or that it has to do with the content of the specific site, is ludicrous.
This is incompetence, not malice.
- teddyh 5y agoCensorship is far from not limited to government action. I see this misconception a lot, and I believe it comes from Americans misinterpreting their first amendment.
- unethical_ban 5y agoI figured that might come up, but censorship whether govt. or not is seen as "oppression due to opinion". Over-aggressive TLD spam filtering is just bad logic from infosec employees.
- teddyh 5y agoCensorship is not limited to “oppression due to opinion”, it can be done for any reason.
- unethical_ban 5y agoWell there's where we disagree - on the common usage and context of the word.
- teddyh 5y agoIf someone omits or deletes people’s texts for racist reasons, that is still censorship, even though it is not done for the opinions of the people who are being censored.