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> Seriously? It's monopoly over the ideas and culture of our society. It's monopoly over the speech that the citizens consume. People don't get information from their friends, television, Twitter, blogs, news websites, email, or radio? > The culture and ideas that people consume on daily basis obviously affect their actions and ideology. I agree here, but the only conclusion that can be drawn is "words matter", which is sort of generic and not super relevant. > we all know that means my ideas are effectively unheard, when compared to facebook being able to instantly reach millions of people Freedom of speech, not freedom of reach. Also, I am someone who doesn't have a multi-million person audience on FB, and doesn't have the budget to pay for one: am I being censored? Not everyone on FB has that kind of reach - if "being heard by millions of people" is an important criteria, then I am being censored by HN, reddit, and every other comment board where I don't have high status standing / reach. |
Friendly reminder that conversations with friends & family come via big tech nowadays, because associating in person is illegal. FB and Twitter are well known for blocking links to mainstream blogs/websites they don't like, even in private conversation!
> Also, I am someone who doesn't have a multi-million person audience on FB, and doesn't have the budget to pay for one: am I being censored? Not everyone on FB has that kind of reach - if "being heard by millions of people" is an important criteria, then I am being censored by HN, reddit, and every other comment board where I don't have high status standing / reach.
Censorship is the freedom for all ideas to have a level playing field. Tilting the scales is the antithesis.