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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by wisty on Saturday July 17, 2021 @02:59AM (#27863994)
If something is bad when a government does it, surely it's also bad if a really large company does it.

Come to think of it, why would it be bad if a government censors speech?

Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by psyc on Saturday July 17, 2021 @03:12AM (#27864040)
I’ve come to the conclusion that there is probably no universally compelling answer to that. I think you either hold individual liberty sacred as a sort of deontological pillar, or you try to get clever about minmaxing this nebulous “society” thing I’m always hearing about, moving toward a shared utopia one “we should ban…” proposal at a time.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by tomnipotent on Saturday July 17, 2021 @03:30AM (#27864123)
> why would it be bad if a government censors speech?

Because government has a monopoly on violence.

Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by FeepingCreature on Saturday July 17, 2021 @05:17AM (#27864555)
I don't see how that relates at all.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by 6510 on Saturday July 17, 2021 @04:32AM (#27864398)
> why would it be bad if a government censors speech?

Its a step in the wrong direction. The next step is to forbid asking that question. Step 3 is war to get our rights back. 2 and 3 may take time. Say 6 years for 2 and 1000 years for 3.

1000 years of blaming the witches, the socialists, the unionists, the jew, the Muslim, the Chinese, the Russians and of course you!

If you were defending the governments right to censor speech you were useful in installing it. When the censorship is accepted by the masses you become someone known to publicly share an opinion about a forbidden topic. Presenting the question for others to answer the way you just did is much worse than having your own opinion.

If we allow people like that, before we know it, we have people questioning everything!

Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by bolangi on Saturday July 17, 2021 @03:32AM (#27864141)
The distinction between government and big business (what an archaic expression!) is artificial, and doesn't exist in practice.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by Qu3tzal on Saturday July 17, 2021 @04:21AM (#27864357)
It does, governments can pass laws, big businesses can't. They may buy politicians to pass the laws for them but in the end they can't pass the laws themselves.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by FeepingCreature on Saturday July 17, 2021 @05:17AM (#27864556)
Big businesses can pass terms of service, which are functionally identical.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by tomnipotent on Saturday July 17, 2021 @05:53AM (#27864695)
This is ridiculous. I'm not worried about businesses telling me who I can marry, where I can live, or what jobs I can have.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by josefx on Saturday July 17, 2021 @11:29AM (#27866454)
You really should be. Quite a few of the larger companies have been caught conspiring to manipulate wages and workplace mobility for their own gain, in ways that not only hurt every work seeking person in the affected area, but where also flat out illegal.

Then lets not ignore the fact that most countries had to make laws specifically to protect working parents. There are most likely entire warehouses filled with court cases over a business owner realizing that statistically hiring a non married replacement for the recently married employee will be better.

They wont do it out of racism, they wont do it out of religious fervor. However they will do whatever they can to make more money.

Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by CRConrad on Saturday July 24, 2021 @04:47AM (#27939313)
You should rwad more science fiction. From the 1960s to 80s-90s, maybe not so much nowadays. Probably because it isn't all that "far out there" any more.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by swiley on Saturday July 17, 2021 @05:53AM (#27864699)
They absolutely would if it made them money.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by tomnipotent on Saturday July 17, 2021 @06:17AM (#27864800)
Which doesn't happen without what large organized body of people to approve or condone it?
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by swiley on Saturday July 17, 2021 @10:22PM (#27870359)
All they have to do is convince everyone to do what their phone says, they've already done that with video.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by CRConrad on Saturday July 24, 2021 @04:44AM (#27939308)
> big business (what an archaic expression!)

Huh?!? It's perfectly ordinary and contemporary English.