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It’s not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chief (news.un.org)
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[–] sorghum -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'd say that censorship when enacted by governments is violence and there's no smaller minority than the individual. That said, if the UN Rights Chief wants to censor certain things, he should just say it. Besides, I don't put much faith in an org who puts Iran as the chair of the human rights council. Stances like this and the OP's link are reasons why there's a ground swelling in the US for withdrawing from the UN.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

No they just have oppositional defiance disorder. Not recognizing that protecting every individual also means working against prejudiced hate means you're going to fail every time.