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by sitkack 3719 days ago
But she was a true benefactor for all these wonderful images, https://www.google.com/search?q=uc+davis+pepper+spray+meme&b...

Isn't active "cleaning up" of the internet by a government entity a violation of those people's free speech?

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No. The cleaning up, though reprehensible, is not violating their free speech, because there's no prior restraint and no legal penalties. However, the Chancellor will hopefully have a significant amount of explaining to do as to why she is spending so much of the public's money on this whitewashing.
If someone uses public money to erase your words isn't that cenorship?