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Could you help me understand how that isn't censorship, with more steps?

• deleted 3y ago
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• JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > Could you help me understand how that isn't censorship Censorship bans the speech. If we were censoring Bytedance, we’d block TikTok.com. This is more in the vein of “you can’t advertise your brothel at the elementary school.” You can still advertise your brothel. The distribution and amplification is just being regulated.
  • codedokode 3y ago
    If we stretch your argument to absurd then we can say that putting a political prisoner in jail also doesn't limit his free speech: he is still able to write letters.
    • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
      > putting a political prisoner in jail also doesn't limit his free speech: he is still able to write letters Free speech is a big topic. I would argue that yes, that person’s speech has been curtailed, but depending on what they were jailed for (saying something offensive versus stabbery) it could be reasonable. Unless they were jailed for their speech, what you describe would not amount to censorship.
• orangecat 3y ago
  Because it's not targeting the speech. If an American company acquires TikTok it can continue to provide exactly the same content.