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by erikpukinskis 3539 days ago
Yes, but one by one the word "censorship" loses it's meaning. It used to mean preventing people from publishing their work. Now all it means is disagreeing about what should get shown prominently on social networks.
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Anyone suppressing a work based on ethical judgments is practicing censorship. They could be acting on the authority of a state or religious institution, they could be removing immodest young adult fiction from the shelves at a children's library, or they could be moderating the content of a web site. Web sites are new, but the concept is the same as it's always been.