Censorship is censorship ( lemmy.ca )

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An edited meme image featuring two stills from MegaMind. The top still shows Titan speaking to a the mayor, who is labelled "TikTokers getting censored by China" and saying "You have freed us!" overlaid. Titan has a US flag as a label, and is saying "Oh, I wouldn't say freed, more like under new management."

School_Lunch ,

I never thought about it that way. Basically any algorithm that sorts posts could be argued to be censorship. But you can't sort based on straight vote either because of fake accounts and bots. I guess we are just doomed to be manipulated.

Orbituary ,
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So, you think it's a protected right to speak freely on a privately owned platform? Tiktok, Xitter, etc., don't need to make allowances for anyone. They exist to make money off of their users.

It astounds me to this day that people don't understand the basic tenets of social media: if it's free, YOU are the product.

ricecake ,

Legally permissable censorship is still censorship. Just because you're allowed to do something doesn't mean that it isn't that thing, and it's silly to argue that because someone is allowed to do something means that people can't complain about it.

ricecake ,

I think they're referring to US talk about possibly banning tiktok.

Platform censorship is different than state censorship, and content curation is different than censorship.

It's "I think you'll like this" vs "I don't want you to see this".

poke ,

Platforms can still participate in the "I don't want you to see this"/"I want you to see this" game. Governments aren't the only parties that benefit from looking to control public sentiment.

natural_motions ,

Yet to be seen really. Depends on who buys it (or if the CCP decides to sell it at all).

In the US it's not quite the same as in China as all information in China is controlled by the government, there is no free speech protection and no separation between what you see and what the government wants you to see. In the US by contrast it would likely be a private entity, who will set their own rules for good or bad.

stanleytweedle ,

How dare the US ban my favorite psyops platform run by a hostile authoritarian government!

FeelzGoodMan420 ,

To be honest I rather the Chinese government steal my data than the US government at this point.

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