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		bduerst on Feb 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Reddit moderators are “censoring” Glenn Greenw... I think this is where the semantics of the word come into play. Is the subreddit community mods banning the article censorship? Yes. Is it a violation of first amendment rights or worth getting upset over? Absolutely not.

freehunter on Feb 28, 2014 [–]

>Is it a violation of first amendment rights or worth getting upset over? Absolutely not.

It is both of those if the decision to take the article down was made by the government in any way. It's just unfortunate that these questions have to be raised now.

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