More insidiously, they also hide that censorship is even taking place. If they were honest, the review section would be closed, stating "This is where content t

More insidiously, they also hide that censorship is even taking place. If they were honest, the review section would be closed, stating "This is where content that violates Google policies often appears. To prevent this, we have disabled publishing." Instead it's open, tricking you into thinking reviews are allowed. You are only told they're not after you try to post, and they can no longer maintain the deception. Call it shadow-censorship. It's everywhere, and the most common form. The censor isn't happy just censoring information - he wants people to believe he's not even there: Not only did Occupation censorship forbid criticism of the United States or other Allied nations, but the mention of censorship itself was forbidden. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Japan#Occupation_of_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Japan#Occupation...