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Re:Twitter user sentenced to 150 hours of community service ... by IncRnd on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:33PM (#30881709)
> E.g. the US has speed limits on highways, but Germany hasn't.

A speed limit is a censure not a censor by any means whatsoever.

> "censoring" or restricting the rights of individuals to some extent.

Censorship is not any restriction but restrictions on books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc.

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Re:Twitter user sentenced to 150 hours of community service ... by Pyramus on Friday April 01, 2022 @03:50PM (#30882540)
Agree with your definition of censorship.

> A speed limit is a censure not a censor by any means whatsoever.

My point is there is a reason every single Western democracy has restrictions to free speech. And these restriction come from the same rationale as a speed limit, say, that is to balance the rights of individuals with the rights of all other members of society.

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Re:Twitter user sentenced to 150 hours of community service ... by IncRnd on Friday April 01, 2022 @10:11PM (#30885288)
That is an excellent point. Thank you for the clarification.
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