This is done by private companies. So it is moderation not censorship. So, please stop calling the employees doing this censors. They are moderators. Or something...
If the company is in bed with the government, does it make a difference? When there's no meaningful space between corporate power and government power, it doesn't make much difference whether the guy silencing your dissent is Mark Zuckerberg or William Barr. We already have a system whereby independent candidates run for office and can't get their message out for being shadow banned, and the corporatist candidates are always the number one trending subject. How are we any better than China?
No, it does not matter;-) My post was irony of the position taken by all the hobby semanticists who defend corporate censorship by arguing that it really is not censorship but moderation.
Moderation not censorship (Score:4, Interesting)
This is done by private companies. So it is moderation not censorship. So, please stop calling the employees doing this censors. They are moderators. Or something...
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If the company is in bed with the government, does it make a difference? When there's no meaningful space between corporate power and government power, it doesn't make much difference whether the guy silencing your dissent is Mark Zuckerberg or William Barr. We already have a system whereby independent candidates run for office and can't get their message out for being shadow banned, and the corporatist candidates are always the number one trending subject. How are we any better than China?
At least Chi
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No, it does not matter;-) My post was irony of the position taken by all the hobby semanticists who defend corporate censorship by arguing that it really is not censorship but moderation.
Sarcasm [Re:Moderation not censorship] (Score:1)
Until the coffee kicks in, many of us won't recognize the sarcasm quick enough.