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Re:Facebook's Zuckerberg accused of setting dangerous preced... by mseidl on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @05:44PM (#23396716)
It's not censorship. Just de-platforming.
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Re:Facebook's Zuckerberg accused of setting dangerous preced... by gruez on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @06:12PM (#23397004)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/censorship

>The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.

I get the whole "private companies deleting racist content isn't violating the 1st amendment" meme that frequently gets brought up, but this is one step too far.

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