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by Apocryphon 2342 days ago
Both private bookstores and public libraries curate their offerings selectively. This isn't the Internet Archive, the equivalent to the Library of Congress or another institution that stores everything.
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I don't know the details, but I believe the Internet Archive has some minimal filtering now as well, beyond their normal DMCA compliance. For a while they seemed to be the host of choice for extremist propaganda, ISIS videos and the like, but from what I've heard they did something to crack down on that.
I'm not saying they don't have the right to curate, I'm just saying people shouldn't expect them to do so just to exclude fringe opinions.