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Electricd@lemmybefree.net ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Because that’s social media we’re talking about. It’s an algorithm. There’s no central authority. The visibility of a post is chosen democratically and freely.

Censorship is removing and banning content. Censorship isn’t bad anyways when there’s a good reason (ex: hate speech)

Anyone that wants to see said content can still freely do it. Censorship would be abusive moderation, like banning someone because they don’t agree with you, essentially removing their freedom of speech

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Blaze@lazysoci.al ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Censorship isn’t bad anyways when there’s a good reason (ex: hate speech)

Hate speech should be removed by mods or admins

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- Electricd@lemmybefree.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  Sure but it is a form of censorship
  
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LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Well, as I just showed in the definition, censorship can also be suppression of content without banning. If the government says, you can’t show X content before 9PM on television that is a form of censorship (even though anyone that wants to see that content can still freely see it)

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