/r/DeclineIntoCensorship
Documenting the decline into censorship through out the world both online and offline.
Subreddit Rules:
1 - Follow Reddit's Content Policy
2 - No Off-Topic Posts
Posts must be related to some form of censorship.
3 - No Usernames in Screenshots
Reddit Admins require us to censor usernames out of screenshots and avoid username mentions in text posts.
4 - No Crossposts and/or No Linking other Subreddits in Comments
Reddit Admins require us to forbid links to other subreddits.
5 - No Meta Discussion about any Admin or Mod action on Reddit.com
Reddit Admins have forbid us from discussing any admin or mod action on reddit.com. (this includes posts showing your subreddit or sitewide ban messages.)
6 - YouTube posts must include a TL;DW comment
f you post a youtube video, make a short comment, and explain what is the video about, and how is it relevant to censorship. If you fail to do this, your post may be removed.
Use this space to document examples of censorship. This includes censorship that occurs beyond the borders of this fundamentally bad faith website.
Censorship isn't just when the government violates free speech. It happens whenever content or a point-of-view is removed, blocked, or otherwise hidden, and/or when a person is punished or faces the threat of punishment for his views. That means that, yes, it is censorship when a post or comment gets removed, and, no, the reason for the censorship doesn't change whether or not censorship actually happened. Don't let yourself conflate the justification for any given censorship with the notion that censorship must be unjust. The removal of spam is censorship. The removal of NSFW material in a SFW sub is censorship. Being banned for breaking the rules is, you guessed it, censorship. That all of that is justified is immaterial to the definition of censorship.
Where it isn't immaterial is to the decline into censorship. Hold your definition of bad censorship to a higher standard than getting banned for breaking a rule; nuanced distinction will help you to better understand when you're seeing the decline. Reddit telling conservative-leaning subs that they can't allow screenshots of other sub names, all while they let SubredditDrama provide dozens of intentionally brigade-inducing links in posts every single day is a prime example of the decline. (It's also an example of Big Tech's bad faith antics.)
Don't brigade other subs from here. Don't harass other users. You can't link to usernames, and there are some very sensitive users who you can't even mention. Please don't try to circumvent these restrictions. Don't use slurs or substitutes for slurs. You very much should consider totally avoiding reddit's Forbidden Topic (aka trans people). Reddit, Inc is very butthurt that its view might not be the majority view even within its own echo-chamber.
If you want to stay on this god forsaken site, download any app other than the official app. RiF is a great choice for Android, but there are many other options.
Use https://www.reveddit.com to see how often you've been censored.
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Chris Pavlovski: "Rumble has received censorship demands from Australia, New Zealand, and other countries that infringe on everyone’s human rights. We are noticing a dramatic increase in global censorship, unlike anything we’ve seen before." Elon Musk: "Same"
23:48 UTC
One year before Brazil’s 2022 election, International Institute for Democracy & Electoral Assistance — funded by CIA cut-out NED — held a censorship planning summit where the NED-backed rep said goal was to end “international exchange of ideas” between Trump & Bolsonaro groups
17:01 UTC
Brazil is on the brink
17:06 UTC
The Washington Post didn't like this discussion of science
18:08 UTC
"This is the most horrifying thing I've ever heard from a Supreme Court Justice. Ketanji Brown-Jackson is concerned that the First Amendment is making it harder for the government to censor speech. That's literally the entire point."
20:33 UTC
400 people were arrested in Russia for their posts on social media. 3,300 in Britain for their posts on social media in the same year.
19:21 UTC
Glenn Greenwald on free speech and online censorship in Brazil
17:39 UTC
How the proposed Canadian law against speech "likely to foment detestation or vilification of an individual or group" will be used stifle dissent
17:33 UTC
Tucker Carlson talks about the CIA role in Brazil, Censorship, and Criminal Presidents
https://youtu.be/ZLRLPFOtaKs?si=p1vGSM-T7w-d33wV
Tucker Carlson talks about the CIA role in Brazil, Censorship, and Criminal Presidents
The Biden administration helped install a pro-Chinese government in Brazil, which immediately shut down opposition media and began arresting dissidents. Here are two of its victims.
04:45 UTC
A good take from a social media platform....
06:16 UTC
A proposed Canadian allow would a judge to impose a "peace bond" to prevent someone from committing a "hate propaganda offence." "There would not be the need for evidence that an offence has actually been committed."
16:51 UTC
Elon Musk: "I just typed in a Google query on my phone and the top two choices are pro censorship!"
17:00 UTC
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