Caitlin Johnstone writes in a blog post over at Medium that corporate censorship is ramping up while people are distracted by the menace of government censorship.
It is true that it is the most controversial and repulsive speech which is most severely in need of protection, and that a government which is granted the power to silence Nazis can be expected to use that power to silence political dissent. But there is no danger of this ever happening in the United States, because corporate censorship can be used to silence anti-establishment voices with far less pushback.
Egged on by the resurfacing of obnoxious and sometimes illegal groups, more groups are pushing for, and sometimes getting, full online silence from other voices. Those in power will have corporations do any of the dirty work that might generate push back.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday August 17 2017, @02:07PM (1 child)
Indeed. If a baker wishes to not bake gay wedding cakes, he should stop selling wedding cakes. Simple. If you don't like your boss' censorship, well, unemployment is pretty low right now. Changing jobs is a lot easier than moving to a different country.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 17 2017, @05:30PM
All wedding cakes are gay.