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If this is left unchallenged, G docs and MS docs will soon prevent you from using certain words, be it the word 'master' in the US or 'Tibet' in China, then the
by akomtu 5y ago
If this is left unchallenged, G docs and MS docs will soon prevent you from using certain words, be it the word 'master' in the US or 'Tibet' in China, then the censorship will advance to browsers, so Chrome and Safari will have a strong opinion on what you can write on HN, then it will spill onto phones, so your private chats over sms or whatsapp will be censored by your phone.
The US gov has found a clever workaround for 1A: they can't censor speech with laws, but they can create monopolies (big tech, mass media) and let them play the censor role.