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Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply)
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this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2024
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https://www.advocate.com/news/cisgender-restriction-x-twitter
Well, they called it a slur. That's good enough a reason.
That's why I don't like the idea of censoring slurs. Anything can be one.
If some chap at X, determining which word is considered a slur, says, "I watched a YouTube video with telling someone else not to call them 'cisgender'.", that's probably good enough to add it to the list, while most of them not actually matching the dictionary definition for "slur".
The point comes as to where to draw the line and the company gets to choose.
The thing is, I dislike censorship in general. Corporate or government. Yes it's the corp's prerogative, but we're allowed to criticize corporate censorship and hypocrisy regarding censorship.
I don't get why people defend censorship by powerful/monopolistic companies run by billionaires while criticizing censorship by the government. They're not that different.
I won't get that either.
But unlike the Government, which is at least, supposed to care about us when making their policies,
the companies don't. Whatever gets them more money^[No idea about X though, it seems to love losing everything] is what wins.
Well, said companies will realise in time^[once the Federation evens (or at least smooths down a bit) the playing field] when it hurts them where they care about and will have to consider changing stances.