Re: Censoship List
Wolf K <[email protected]>
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On 2021-01-13 18:25, Ken Springer wrote: > On 1/13/21 3:41 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: >> On 1/13/21 3:37 PM, Wolf K wrote: >>> I repeat: Firms do not censor. Only governments censor. >> >> There may be some technical accuracy over how precise the word "censor" >> is for the overall concept that we are discussing. > >> censorship | ˈsensərSHip | >> noun >> 1 the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, >> etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a >> threat to security: the regulation imposes censorship on all media | >> [as modifier] : we have strict censorship laws. > > New Oxford American Dictionary > > Wolf is partly right in the US. Any one can censor, but legally you are > only protected from this in the case of government attempts to do so. Also in Canada. In the EU, you can request that parts of your history are suppressed, supposedly because public knowledge of them would violate your privacy or damage your reputation. -- Wolf K kirkwood40.blogspot.com “When I am playing with my cat, how do I know she is not playing with me? (Montaigne) _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/general