This article by Renee DiResta (npub1kf0…kv43) about how she’s been blamed for being a CIA agent censoring the internet is worth reading. We’ve got real issues of free speech online but people going after her aren’t acting in good faith.
In particular this quote really resonated with me.
Censorship: “Strictly speaking, the term applies when the government prohibits or suppresses speech based on its content. Some people reasonably interpret censorship more broadly, to include when privately owned social-media platforms take down posts and deactivate accounts. But in Michael Shellenberger’s written testimony to Jim Jordan’s committee, merely labeling social-media posts as potentially misleading is portrayed as a form of censorship. Fact-checking, by his standard, is censorship. Down-ranking false theories—reducing their distribution in people’s social-media feeds while allowing them to remain on a site—is censorship. Flagging content for platforms’ review is censorship.”
This parallels the way in Nostr labeling, users being able to filter content, and relays choosing what content to host is censorship.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/cia-renee-censorship-conspiracy-twitter/678688/?gift=hQ-wAXx9vcfn6GAow-ESV4l120dfYQLPxUagepWugYs&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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