News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube. Parent comment

Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by undersuit on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:06PM (#23227710)
The Founding Fathers totally predicted this. The USPS existed in some form before the founding of the nation. The postal service was vital for allowing communication and dispersal of news through the nation. Without this neutral party a private mail carrier could opt to not deliver for any reason, like after they've opened your mail and read the contents they find politically disagreeable.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by abecedarius on Monday May 18, 2020 @07:27PM (#23229584)
Historically the monopoly of the mail was abused for censorship (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_laws). If there've been comparable consequences from competing private mail services, I haven't heard of them.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by undersuit on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:58PM (#23237145)
Mail is to Data as Video is to Data. Youtube is a private data service. We are in a discussion of the comparable consequences of competeing private mail services.
[ Parent | on HN ]