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Censoring is different to banning though. Banning in this case is the correct word to use, censoring isn’t. You can censor things on a platform, you can’t censo
by HL33tibCe7 2y ago
Censoring is different to banning though. Banning in this case is the correct word to use, censoring isn’t. You can censor things on a platform, you can’t censor a platform entirely - that is a ban.
- tsukikage 2y ago...and yet when discussing ways to circumvent the Great Firewall of China, the term used is "Chinese censorship", never "Chinese bans". This sounds like one of those irregular verb conjugations English is so full of: I ban; you go dark; he/she/it censors.
- dredmorbius 2y agoGFoC specifically filters not only sites (banning) but specific topics, keywords, discussions, and participants (censorship).
- mindslight 2y agoThe censors in this case are Apple and Google, acting at the behest of the US Government. This news isn't about Tiktok censoring, rather about it being censored. Apple and Google are the platforms/publishers. (There are also a whole host of other service providers that might be put into the position of being censors if Tiktok were to ignore the law and continue working for sidedloaded apps).