Its articles lampoon topics and current events related or relevant to contemporary internet culture in an encyclopedic fashion. It often serves as a repository of information and a means of discussion for the internet subculture known as Anonymous.[14] Encyclopedia Dramatica celebrates a subversive "NSFW" "trolling culture"[15][16] and documents internet memes, events such as mass organized pranks; trolling events called "raids", large-scale failures of internet security, and criticism by those within its subculture of other internet communities which are accused of self-censorship in order to garner positive coverage from traditional and established media outlets. The site hosts numerous pornographic images, along with content that is misogynistic, racist, and homophobic.[17]
Celebration of Censorship and Self-Censorship in Linux
I found that wasn't the only thing that needed to be done. We also needed to protect the publishing side, because there was a lot of press self-censorship and a lot of assertive, direct censorship in different countries. So WikiLeaks and the Sunshine Press publishing organization is an attempt to bring these two parts together, to get more knowledge from sources who know what's actually happening in powerful organizations, and to have a publishing infrastructure that is able to publish that knowledge even though states or other powerful organizations are trying to censor it from getting to the people. It gets to the people; it brings that lifeblood that Jefferson spoke about true democracy.
In spite of its commercial success, the film was shown only briefly in local cinemas, its run allegedly cut short due to political sensitivities. On Friday 1 April, public screenings were organized across the city in more than 30 locations, from university auditoriums to street corners. Although pessimistic in content and often blunt in delivery, this grabbing movie ultimately proposes a space to discuss, without self-censorship, socio-political issues that touch ordinary people. It is available on iTunes (in Hong Kong, not China).
Bradbury was right that people would choose self-censorship, led into ignorance by technological innovations that make open discourse and thought unpalatable. Were it a government that imposed such a rule, there would be an uproar, at least in Western societies. But gently coaxed by algorithms, people have voluntarily gravitated towards simple, comfortable ideas and begun to reject complexity, nuance, and the possibility that contrary opinions are not necessarily immoral or even incorrect.
Google's conflicts with the Chinese government are widely publicized. The biggest exchange came in 2010 when Google identified Chinese-backed hackers as the culprits in a series of attacks that year. This led Google to end its previous policy of self-censorship in accordance with the Chinese government's wishes, and directing searches from within China to its uncensored Hong Kong-based search portal, Google.com.hk.
I've been using Tor for many years. In a time, when you even have to fear to lose your job for expressing your opinions publicy, Tor gives me a voice in a world full of self-censorship and fearful anticipatory obedience.
It began in 2003 on 4chan, a so-called image board, which is an Internet discussion forum where users post images on just about any topic you can imagine (including some you don't want to imagine). Here, people share anything that's on their minds with zero self-censorship, in part because they can and do post anonymously. 2ff7e9595c
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