[donohoe]

Agree. While you cover yourself you still make a slur to which the is little comeback.

[petercooper]

While you cover yourself you still make a slur to which the is little comeback.

Except "No, we are not censoring #flotilla," of course.

[three14]

That's exactly what's so interesting about these kinds of questions. Let's say they were really censoring, and they said, "No, we are not censoring #flotilla," and stopped censoring. You can't tell the difference between that and a bug followed by a bug fix, so they have trouble putting the suspicion to rest.

[donohoe]

True. At that point it comes down to a level of trust. Do you trust the organization based on your knowledge and experience.

In this case I would say Yes. For many others I would say No.