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Measure internet censorship

221 points · 162 comments · Bluestein

howunfortunate · 1789850160 · focus · HN ↗
Hmm.
I'd wager the vast majority of internet censorship is within platform, like that done by Reddit mods.
The most egregious example I've seen in my lifetime was when old Twitter decided to censor a NYPost article, down to blocking sharing in DMs.
It seems that type of example is entirely missed here. Is there any attempt to capture that signal?
1. eigenspace · 1789851784 · focus · HN ↗
  If you count platform moderation as 'censorship' then there's practically no uncensored public spaces on the internet.
  Literally even 4chan has moderation.
  Nobody, not even 4chan users, want an actually unmoderated space.
  1. like_any_other · 1789852212 · focus · HN ↗
    You still want to know the extent of that 'moderation' that is totally not censorship. E.g. Facebook and Instagram ban white nationalism, and Youtube has banned American Renaissance, meaning we can infer Google bans white nationalism too, as American Renaissance is guilty of nothing else.
    You may agree or disagree with the ban, but surely you agree that we should be aware of such Overton window enforcement?

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