Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ...
by mehwoot on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @07:16PM
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It's simply incorrect to say that private companies cannot engage in censorship.
If they have enough control over a medium to effectively suppress speech, then yes. The argument is whether that is the case here. The definition of censorship is not merely "any case where someone prevents someone from saying something". The bar is higher than that.
If they have enough control over a medium to effectively suppress speech, then yes. The argument is whether that is the case here. The definition of censorship is not merely "any case where someone prevents someone from saying something". The bar is higher than that.