> There are enough significant impact conferences like FOCS or the TCS+ symposium, which have no/minimal corporate funding. In the initial years, even ICLR didn

> There are enough significant impact conferences like FOCS or the TCS+ symposium, which have no/minimal corporate funding. In the initial years, even ICLR didn't have corporate sponsorship. That actually does not stop people from probing pressing issues. Sorry if I wrote this in the wrong place. IMO it is a pressing issue that has not been researched. The assumption among many is there is nothing bad happening. > I havent seen evidence of censorship. The site in my profile can yield examples under "How do people react?"