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Yea, censorship is great if it aligns with your message. Politics have forced big tech to censor a lot as of late.


It’s not the message that matters. It’s the fact that one is a First Amendment violation, and the other is not.

I don’t think a “websites can’t moderate their content” is a good road to go down.


Facebook, YouTube, Twitter are not just "websites" they are where much of our public discussion happens. If they weren't you would not care that these videos were censored.

This story, fake news, the shenanigans around the election, etc has shown they are bad stewards of this responsibility.




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