On 2020-04-13 23:33, Andy Smith wrote: > Not to speak for Neil, but it's generally argued that private > entities cannot censor, because a nation/state can tell you that you > cannot express an opinion using your own resources. By contrast a > private entity like Debian can only tell you that you cannot express > that opinion using *Debian's* resources: Debian can't prevent you > from publishing it independently, So Debian can't, under this line > of argument, censor you. That's a very strict interpretation that, even though technically possibly correct from a very specific human rights point-of-view, doesn't really match the general, real-world use of the term.
For example, the concept of self-censorship clearly exists (eg: film industry), but wouldn't under the above strict interpretation. To emphasize the real-world use of the term, I point to the Wikipedia page for the term [1], which states in its first paragraph that "Censorship can be conducted by governments, private institutions, and corporations." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship
