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It is censorship, even though they have the right to do it and even if they can have justified reasons for doing it. During war, letters home from soldiers and
by carlosjobim 3y ago
It is censorship, even though they have the right to do it and even if they can have justified reasons for doing it.
During war, letters home from soldiers and even generals are read by a censor and censored, so that sensitive information cannot get to the enemy. That is legal, that is agreeable, that is still censorship.
In this case, Google even specifies what articles need to be removed for continued advertising, so it is crystal clear censorship.
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- AnimalMuppet 3y agoRepeating the claim still doesn't make it true. The definition most of us use for censorship is "I prevent you from saying something." What Google is doing is "I decline to help you make money from saying something." That is not at all the same thing.
- carlosjobim 3y agoPrevention is one way to censor. Prohibition is another. Suppression is a third. In this case it is suppression by economic means. There are degrees of everything, including censorship. Google withdrawing ads because they don't want to be associated with a publication is a different thing than Google sending dictates on exactly what is allowed to be said for continued business. Is Google breaking any laws? Probably not. Are they practicing censorship? Yes, they are.