In certain situations, blocking, or denying access to a platform, etc., can in effect be censorship. People get confused about this. 1/
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Imagine, for example, if all political debate in a country were de facto conducted on Facebook, and, because of your views, you were... 2/
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denied access to Facebook. In this situation, even if you're free to shout your views from a street corner, you are in effect... 3/
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@PhilosophyExp yes. But that's clearly far removed from what is happening in the real world right now.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@charlsgeorgeson No, it's not. How about LGBT rights in Russia? (Or even in the UK in the recent past with Section 28).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@PhilosophyExp I'm unclear how they are related to political debate being just on Facebook. Block bot might be 'censorship' in such...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@charlsgeorgeson I was thinking of absence of access to mainstream media to put alternative viewpoint (e.g., dominance of Murdoch press...
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