Having had the experience a few times now of trying to type something (e.g. the domain name of a 3D printed gun files host) into various boxes on the internet & seeing it "Noped" by the platform, I didn't agree with @zeynep on this when it was first published, & still don't.https://twitter.com/felixsalmon/status/1281694551808376833 …
I don't see how you read my stuff to say Facebook is not powerful. It's different, though. It is immensely powerful and *yet* you can put things up on a website outside it's reach. I'm not arguing at all the platforms aren't powerful; just that it doesn't map to old arguments.
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I agree it doesn't map to old arguments, & that you can still put up a random website outside its reach. But at what point is someone effectively censored? It's like
@jonlech just pointed out: if they're booted off DNS but I can still manually type in an IP address, is that ok? -
If you cannot put an idea on any of about 5 platforms, that idea is for all practical purposes MORE censored than if the government had banned an idea from network news in the 50's.
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