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0 pointseyelidlessness4y ago0 comments

I don't need to make an argument that it isn't censorship. I'm not making the affirmative claim. If you're curious about how I arrived at a conclusion so easily: we're here discussing it openly on the public Internet.

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cjaybo4y ago

I don't think censorship means what you think it means. The medium and scale at which the censorship is taking place is irrelevant.

eyelidlessnessOP4y ago

Every publication that has ever had any editorial control over its platform has exercised it. It’s entitled as hell to think you can use other people’s resources to publish your own thoughts unconstrained.

selfhoster114y ago

It's a private chat, how does "editorial control" possibly play any role here?

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betwixthewires4y ago

> I don't need to make an argument that it isn't censorship

Yes you do. This is plain as day censorship. You're not allowed to say certain things to your friends. If you're going to claim that that isn't censorship you are absolutely making the affirmative claim.

eyelidlessnessOP4y ago

> Yes you do.

No, I don’t. I’m not making the claim. Look, still not making a claim! Still not making an argument. It’s up to “Facebook is censoring me” to make the case that warrants a defense. And I’m not Facebook so I don’t have do defend that. I can just… have this conversation without censorship. And if I get moderated here in a way I hope I won’t be but don’t expect… I can go to my blog or Twitter or whatever.

ViViDboarder4y ago

They did. They showed how Facebook censors[1] content in DMs. That has already been supported.

Now, you are claiming it’s not censorship and have provided no basis for that.

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/censor

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