Re:Why Did Google Erase Cooper's Beloved Literary Blog?
by macspoofing on Monday July 25, 2016 @10:21AM
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>Pedophilia and necrophilia in writing is protected as freedom of speech.
Sure, but protected speech only protects you from government censorship. For example, Reddit recently instituted a policy of disallowing anything that sexualizes children. Pedophilic writings would probably fall under that. Should they have the right to take those posts down? Or have that kind of policy?
> If google is now censoring literature (as opposed to pictures/media) -- that's pretty bad..
That's par for the course. You can't sell ads if your site hosts writings on pedophilia. Most platforms and social networks would probably take down his content.
Sure, but protected speech only protects you from government censorship. For example, Reddit recently instituted a policy of disallowing anything that sexualizes children. Pedophilic writings would probably fall under that. Should they have the right to take those posts down? Or have that kind of policy?
> If google is now censoring literature (as opposed to pictures/media) -- that's pretty bad..
That's par for the course. You can't sell ads if your site hosts writings on pedophilia. Most platforms and social networks would probably take down his content.