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Definition?
The current definition of censorship seems to be contradicted by the source.
"Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or "inconvenient" as determined by government authorities or by community consensus"
When you follow the reference (Merriam-Webster) it doesn't say anything about community consensus, only governments
Unfortunately I don't know how to change it for the better, maybe someone else has a good idea?
85.226.145.74 (talk) 14:57, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
Yes you are completely correct. There is no such thing as censorship by community consensus. The article mentions community once in relation to books. Its not appropriate to add community consensus to the lead because its not supported in the article below. - Shiftchange (talk) 23:35, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
This abstract succinctly describes what is going on. We need to clarify that censorship is undertaken by government but sometimes carried out by private institutions. Its polemic use and its more specific use in the USA needs to be clarified. To be considered censorship the "activity has at least to be publicly recognized". - Shiftchange (talk) 09:02, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
The key word in the definition sentence is suppression. Suppression means "to put an end to" or "to do away with" or "to withhold from disclosure or publication". That is not what happened to Alex Jones when he was "deplatformed". His speech is still free at infowars, so it hasn't ended, been withheld or been done away with. True suppression can only come about through the actions of authority, such as jailing dissenters, not by the actions of individuals or companies making business decisions that moderate extremes. We need to make the distinction between moderation and censorship clear. - Shiftchange (talk) 07:38, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
should show more distinction between state censorship and censoring of inappropriate content
Edit warring
47A74, Lothkans - this is an article talk page. It's here to allow you to discuss changes. Please quit reverting each other without edit summaries, and discuss these changes, or do I need to start handing out edit warring warnings? Cheers GirthSummit (blether)17:00, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for letting me know! The section was removed as my edit summary because it is giving advice to journalists about how to protect themselves from surveillance and it's not the subject of the article. Lothkans (talk) 17:11, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
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