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That's not the definition of censorship. Censorship is the suppression of information by any authority who has the ability to suppress said information. The def
by chjj 4y ago
That's not the definition of censorship. Censorship is the suppression of information by any authority who has the ability to suppress said information. The definition doesn't require a government or any aspect of coercion.
If I run an online forum and I start removing posts I don't like, that is censorship. I'm allowed to remove those posts because it's my website, but it's still censorship.
- itronitron 4y agoFacebook did not remove any posts on the topic therefore Facebook did not censor the topic.
- 0xy 4y agocensor "to suppress or delete as objectionable" [1] You can't just make up definitions of words. Suppression is censorship. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/censor https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/censor
- itronitron 4y agoIf I choose to not throw fuel on a fire, I'm not suppressing the fire. Similarly if I choose to not share gossip about something for which I have no first hand knowledge I am not suppressing it. Hence no censorship.
- 0xy 4y agoSo you're doubling down on a definition of the word that you invented?