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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton wrote: -snip- (...) I like your example. It provides a descent example of how restricting access, but not denying access, can be censorship. (...) What bothers me about your example is the accumulation of (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: What Censorship Isn't
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(...) Nope. It comes back to the TOS. I can dig up the link if you'd like, but a year or so ago there was a big discussion regarding someone's ouster from Bricklink for violating the TOS of that site. Great was the outcry on his behalf, though I (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: What Censorship Isn't
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(...) For these purposes I think that censorship refers to an action taken contrary to the wishes of the person supplying the content. A discussion of news outlets necessarily expands the debate beyond LUGNET and similar websites, such as the (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: What Censorship Isn't
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--snip-- (...) I think this hits the nail firmly on the head. Censorship is most definitely not always a bad thing. Child pornography is, and should be, censored in almost every country in the world. Ones anti-virus email filter censors ones email (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: What Censorship Isn't
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(...) It depends largely on their reasons for doing it. If it is to purposefully bias the news (eg. render something not-true through omission) then it is censorship. But as I said it's not the best analogy. Tim (19 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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