"It's the same dynamic when censorship controversies arise on college campuses or on social networks. “Hey, what's the big deal,” they always say, constantly suggesting than any given controversy is overblown or that the spaces in which they occur don't matter. But it's never just the individual events. It's always the impact that restricting free expression has on everyone else, on the cases you don't hear, or on those now too scared to step out of line. College administrators and social media companies never come out of that controversies more committed to free expression. They come out with a greater commitment to checking their ass. The fear of another censorious liberal meltdown never goes away."
https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/its-not-what-happens-with-joe-rogan
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"Neil Young isn't censoring anyone. "Censorship" has a very specific definition. Also, many podcasts are not accepted for the Spotify platform. Does that mean they were censored?"
To be clear, I don't think Spotify or Niel Young did anything legally wrong. Nor are they censoring anyone in a legal sense. However, there's a broad swathe of behavior that is immoral/dickish that is not illegal. For example, if I tried to get a podcaster fired because they interviewed Bernie Sanders, that would be a dick move, right? Even though I'm perfectly within my legal rights to do so.
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"It's the same dynamic when censorship controversies arise on college campuses or on social networks. “Hey, what's the big deal,” they always say, constantly suggesting than any given controversy is overblown or that the spaces in which they occur don't matter. But it's never just the individual events. It's always the impact that restricting free expression has on everyone else, on the cases you don't hear, or on those now too scared to step out of line. College administrators and social media companies never come out of that controversies more committed to free expression. They come out with a greater commitment to checking their ass. The fear of another censorious liberal meltdown never goes away."
https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/its-not-what-happens-with-joe-rogan
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"Neil Young isn't censoring anyone. "Censorship" has a very specific definition. Also, many podcasts are not accepted for the Spotify platform. Does that mean they were censored?"
To be clear, I don't think Spotify or Niel Young did anything legally wrong. Nor are they censoring anyone in a legal sense. However, there's a broad swathe of behavior that is immoral/dickish that is not illegal. For example, if I tried to get a podcaster fired because they interviewed Bernie Sanders, that would be a dick move, right? Even though I'm perfectly within my legal rights to do so.
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https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/its-not-what-happens-with-joe-rogan
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"Neil Young isn't censoring anyone. "Censorship" has a very specific definition. Also, many podcasts are not accepted for the Spotify platform. Does that mean they were censored?"
To be clear, I don't think Spotify or Niel Young did anything legally wrong. Nor are they censoring anyone in a legal sense. However, there's a broad swathe of behavior that is immoral/dickish that is not illegal. For example, if I tried to get a podcaster fired because they interviewed Bernie Sanders, that would be a dick move, right? Even though I'm perfectly within my legal rights to do so.
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