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Re:Reddit Welcomes Michael Seibel to Board of Directors by raxxorrax on Thursday June 11, 2020 @03:26AM (#23486098)
> Reddit being a private company has every right to control what ideologies are promoted on their pages just as you have every right to start your own reddit clone and moderate it however you feel.

This is the exact same reasoning letter by letter that was used against rock'n'roll at that time by republicans. They also didn't use state censorship, just private companies executing their rights. Just saying.

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Re:Reddit Welcomes Michael Seibel to Board of Directors by nexuist on Thursday June 11, 2020 @05:38AM (#23486898)
And rock and roll won, didn't it? Everyone knows about rock bands and listens to rock music these days, and nobody cares about the RIAA. They rightfully lost the war.
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Re:Reddit Welcomes Michael Seibel to Board of Directors by raxxorrax on Thursday June 11, 2020 @08:05AM (#23487908)
It did with significant backlash at some point, yes. The RIAA still exists and has quite a reach. It didn't loose any war and it is of no importance if you like them or not.

The point is that censorship was executed with the help of private corporations to circumvent the societal contract to allow freedom of speech, which includes art/music.

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