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Get ready for someone to tell you that the legal definition of "censorship" is only if the government does it.



You were 13 minutes ahead of me but I didn't reload the page so I just said it anyway. :)


I think he was implying that it doesn't.

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by governments, media outlets, authorities or other groups or institutions.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship




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