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What would be some examples of voluntary censorship from large organizations due to business interests or cultural and societal pressure and not due to governme

What would be some examples of voluntary censorship from large organizations due to business interests or cultural and societal pressure and not due to government censorship?

jltsiren 2y ago
Consider the content policies for popular social media platforms. Consider the platform unilaterally closing your account, which may be tied to many aspects of your life. Remember the cancel culture people used to talk about a few years ago. Think about the controversy around the Gaza war, with people on both sides being afraid to speak their minds due to potential consequences. While the government may not arrest you, the consequences of expressing your opinions can still be excessive.
- ruthmarx 2y ago
  That's true, but I don't think the US is any worse than this than say EU or Anglosphere countries, and indeed I'd still say it would be better than most countries just because of that particular freedom being more culturally significant. If I read your original comment right, you were agreeing that the US might be ahead as far as government censorship but not as far as the types you list here, is that correct?
stoperaticless 2y ago
First thing comming to mind : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture
- ruthmarx 2y ago
  That's a good example, although is that really more prevalent in the US than in other countries? And it's not exactly censorship, it's people being fired as a consequence or de-platformed, but they can still state their opinions somewhere, even if it's on an alt right platform with barely any subscribers.
  - stoperaticless 2y ago
    very narrow definition of censorship could be: “shot dead, by police because of federal law for saying wrong thing” Very brosd definition could be: “suppression of speech, public communication, or other information.” > And it's not exactly censorship, it's people being fired as a consequence I guess it all depends how picky we are about the definition of the term.
    - ruthmarx 2y ago
      > I guess it all depends how picky we are about the definition of the term. To an extent, but if people are calling firing sexual abusers censorship I'd say that doesn't fit any definition.

What would be some examples of voluntary censorship from large organizations due to business interests or cultural and societal pressure and not due to government censorship?

jltsiren 2y ago

Consider the content policies for popular social media platforms. Consider the platform unilaterally closing your account, which may be tied to many aspects of your life. Remember the cancel culture people used to talk about a few years ago. Think about the controversy around the Gaza war, with people on both sides being afraid to speak their minds due to potential consequences. While the government may not arrest you, the consequences of expressing your opinions can still be excessive.

ruthmarx 2y ago
That's true, but I don't think the US is any worse than this than say EU or Anglosphere countries, and indeed I'd still say it would be better than most countries just because of that particular freedom being more culturally significant. If I read your original comment right, you were agreeing that the US might be ahead as far as government censorship but not as far as the types you list here, is that correct?

stoperaticless 2y ago

First thing comming to mind : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture

ruthmarx 2y ago
That's a good example, although is that really more prevalent in the US than in other countries? And it's not exactly censorship, it's people being fired as a consequence or de-platformed, but they can still state their opinions somewhere, even if it's on an alt right platform with barely any subscribers.
- stoperaticless 2y ago
  very narrow definition of censorship could be: “shot dead, by police because of federal law for saying wrong thing” Very brosd definition could be: “suppression of speech, public communication, or other information.” > And it's not exactly censorship, it's people being fired as a consequence I guess it all depends how picky we are about the definition of the term.
  - ruthmarx 2y ago
    > I guess it all depends how picky we are about the definition of the term. To an extent, but if people are calling firing sexual abusers censorship I'd say that doesn't fit any definition.