EvMetro
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1. The notion that censorship is not censorship if it isn't done by the government.
This is when people confuse the first amendment right that protects freedom of speech with the act of censoring. If the government uses censorship to suppress freedom of speech, it is called censorship. Illegal censorship, but still censorship. If private industry uses censorship to suppress freedom of speech, it is still called censorship. Yes, private industry can legally censor, but it is still called censorship.
Here is how Wikipedia defines censorship, notice that it has nothing to do with any constitutional rights or legal vs illegal. It is what it is.
"Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments, private institutions and other controlling bodies."
This is when people confuse the first amendment right that protects freedom of speech with the act of censoring. If the government uses censorship to suppress freedom of speech, it is called censorship. Illegal censorship, but still censorship. If private industry uses censorship to suppress freedom of speech, it is still called censorship. Yes, private industry can legally censor, but it is still called censorship.
Here is how Wikipedia defines censorship, notice that it has nothing to do with any constitutional rights or legal vs illegal. It is what it is.
"Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments, private institutions and other controlling bodies."