Reply #2: "the private sector rather than the government tends to carry out filtering"

[Cerridwen]

I find that a chilling statement.

From the article "A number of states in Europe and the US were not tested because the private sector rather than the government tends to carry out filtering, it said."

You see, what it means is that it's not called censorship if private industry does it. The U.S., and apparently the U.K., allow the private sector to do that dirty work for which "the government" would be condemned. So, what if private industry was in control of government or the government was not in control of private industry? You know, kind of like it is? Then, private industry applies "filtering", the government turns a blind eye and it is censorship in all but name.

But, hey, I can still post to DU and there aren't any sites that are blocked from my view - er, that I know of - so, no skin off my nose. /snark

Oh well, I'm sure it'll never happen here.

:sarcasm:



edit to put the quote in context - oopsie.