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There are already a lot of websites that get taken down for violating the law, do you consider that Orwellian?

• elmerfud 4y ago
  Depending on the law, yes. Passing a law to silence your critics or your competition is absolutely Orwellian. It's no different than burning/banning books because they contradict the ideology of those in power. It's the establishment of the Ministry of Truth to determine what is and what is not acceptable for the peasants to know. At it's core it is the suppression of the free exchange of ideas. Now, an orderly society cannot have an absolute freedom of speech in all facets, but a free society should be able to tolerate a significant amount of objectionable speech and tolerate those people who wish to consume that speech.
  • pleistocene 4y ago
    Ok, so you would agree that governments should censor content in some cases?
    • elmerfud 4y ago
      Yes in some cases but those should be rare, marginal and not done simply because the content is objectionable. Many find pornography objectionable but those engaged in it that are of the age and capacity to enter in creating then it should not be censored by the government. Child pornography should be censored because they are not of the age or capacity to understand.