U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s top AI startups

Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by jayrot on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:47PM (#21197064)

> Censorship can also describe private actions such as Twitter/Facebook refusing some ideas,

That's only true in the vernacular. True "censorship" is only relevant to government suppression. Individuals or private corporations are under no legal obligation to allow certain ideas/topics.

*That is to say, I could perfectly well create some new social network messaging app that specifically does not allow any posts about honeybees, screwdrivers, or Turkey. The government could not prohibit those topics.

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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by mlyle on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:24PM (#21198382)

> Individuals or private corporations are under no legal obligation to allow certain ideas/topics.

(Though it does become problematic as communication channels are concentrated in a few parties hands, which is why, in part, we have things like the common carrier doctrine. In the end, if one party accumulates enough power and uses it in a way that it is oppressive, whether that party is a government, a warlord, or a corporation).

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