Private Censorship Is Not the Best Way to Fight Hate or Defend Democracy: Here Are Some Better Ideas | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Private Censorship Is Not the Best Way to Fight Hate or Defend Democracy: Here Are Some Better Ideas | Electronic Frontier Foundation: From Cloudflare’s headline-making takedown of the Daily Stormer last autumn to YouTube’s summer restrictions on LGBTQ content, there's been a surge in “voluntary” platform censorship. Companies—under pressure from lawmakers, shareholders, and the public alike—have ramped up restrictions on speech,...

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