"...private censorship can be as harmful as governmental censorship."

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[–]Crad[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

People should be critical of private companies imposing censorship as much as they would if government did. One of the most popular arguments is that "you can't be free from consequences of free speech" while only siding with the censorship of such speech. Then it's not really freedom, is it?

[–]beermeem 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

My ex always said Facebook was basically a public utility and should be taken over by the government. A little commie to me but it's a fair point. The way so many people are so slavishly connected to Facebook and yet Facebook (or worse yet twitter) can just cut anyone off for virtually any reason they want to make up.

While it won't amount to much, I think sadly the recent Republican class action lawsuit is the way to go. When FB said people had to use their real names, the trans community mounted a huge backlash and now we're back to being able to use any name we want. So public pressure and creating alternatives like SaidIt are really the only options we have.

Also apps. Like my fantasy football leagues all just use discord.