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0 pointsalfredallan7y ago0 comments

1. Reddit on the topic of Donald Trump is an example.

2. Forcing social media firms to delete specific kinds of content is another (albeit controversial) example.

3. Redacting all info about Saudi involvement in the 9-11 reports is a great example of censorship under the pretext of national security.

4. The SESTA/FOSTA bills are a recent (but again somewhat controversial) example.

5. Plenty of movies have been censored. One can easily google examples of this.

6. Many works of music too. Just ask the rappers.

7. Forbidding swear words in public/recorded speech is/was a great example. Although it is also an example of self-censorship among Americans.

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int_19h7y ago

Classifying government documents is not censorship, since it's not government suppressing anyone's speech. It's strictly a transparency issue.

All of your other examples involve private censorship (which can be rephrased as "people and companies exercising their property rights and freedom of association"), not government censorship.

nickpsecurity7y ago

If you know about it, it's a felony to talk about it. That particular one was a huge omission that might have shifted national debate in a different direction, esp who U.S. would target in a war or sanction. I still remember the advertisements on the radio talking about how great Saudi Arabia is and how good buddies we are. Be a different picture if U.S. media said they were a huge sponsor of violent religion and terrorism with that part of 9/11 report highlighted for all to see.

Definitely an example of mandated censorship, corruption, and maybe some kind of conspiracy. Maybe protecting politicians' and Saudi's interests at everyone else's expense. Even if it kills a bunch of us. If that's how they use the power, they don't deserve to have it.

CaptainZapp7y ago

What?

"4. The SESTA/FOSTA bills are a recent (but again somewhat controversial) example."

Where exactly is that private censorship?

lucio7y ago

Twitter is now banning promoted tweets with the legal term "illegal alien"

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