#self-censorship — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #self-censorship, aggregated by home.social.
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If you need some overview on how censorship is conducted or how it can be measured, here's our comprehensive paper on it:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404825004213?via%3Dihub
We also summarized datasets and measurement platforms as well as selected human aspects.#censorship #internetcensorship #censorshipcircumvention #freedomofspeech #infosec #cybersecurity #networks #internet #tcpip #selfcensorship #Tor #I2P #covertchannels #steganography #security #accessibility #gfw #china #vpn #ooni #gfwatch #censoredplanet #gfweb
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If you need some overview on how censorship is conducted or how it can be measured, here's our comprehensive paper on it:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404825004213?via%3Dihub
We also summarized datasets and measurement platforms as well as selected human aspects.#censorship #internetcensorship #censorshipcircumvention #freedomofspeech #infosec #cybersecurity #networks #internet #tcpip #selfcensorship #Tor #I2P #covertchannels #steganography #security #accessibility #gfw #china #vpn #ooni #gfwatch #censoredplanet #gfweb
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Reduce China-style self-censorship by participants at your meetings, by including agreements at the start
#meetings #EventDesign #agreements #covenants #SelfCensorship #eventprofs
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Reduce China-style self-censorship by participants at your meetings, by including agreements at the start
#meetings #EventDesign #agreements #covenants #SelfCensorship #eventprofs
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University of Exeter: Legal reforms to stop abusive SLAPPs fail to stop chilling effect of the powerful, study warns . “Measures in the USA, UK and the EU to stop strategic lawsuits against public participation do not address the deep-seated inadequacies in the law which have a chilling effect on journalists and whistleblowers, the research says.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/31/university-of-exeter-legal-reforms-to-stop-abusive-slapps-fail-to-stop-chilling-effect-of-the-powerful-study-warns/ -
University of Exeter: Legal reforms to stop abusive SLAPPs fail to stop chilling effect of the powerful, study warns . “Measures in the USA, UK and the EU to stop strategic lawsuits against public participation do not address the deep-seated inadequacies in the law which have a chilling effect on journalists and whistleblowers, the research says.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/31/university-of-exeter-legal-reforms-to-stop-abusive-slapps-fail-to-stop-chilling-effect-of-the-powerful-study-warns/ -
"Chilling effects can be subtle, but today they are everywhere. And it’s not just students who are chilled by Trump administration threats.
Professors are censoring themselves in lectures and rewriting syllabuses. Researchers are stripping grant applications of words that might attract federal scrutiny, or abandoning the topics entirely. Media outlets are modifying their news coverage to avoid Trump lawsuits or sanctions.
Law enforcement and regulatory agencies are refusing to investigate Trump-aligned actors inside or outside government, and major national law firms are declining cases challenging Trump administration policies.
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books and other progressive subjects. Many in targeted immigrant communities are afraid to leave home to go to work or school.
In most cases, these people and institutions are not being specifically targeted or threatened by Trump. But they are afraid, and their fear is doing the administration’s work for it. They stay silent, avoid attention and confrontation, and look the other way. In other cases, they change their speech and behavior to accommodate or conform to the administration’s worldview.
Of course, there are counterexamples, such as the winter protests in Minneapolis in response to brutality by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the recent “No Kings” rallies. But even here, the broader but less visible trend—chilling effects—is evident.
For instance, in recent reporting on the latest No Kings rallies, many media outlets observed that students were noticeably missing, despite the Trump administration’s unpopularity among younger Americans."
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/chilling-effects.html
#ChillingEffects #USA #Trump #SelfCensorship #Democracy #Authoritarianism
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"Chilling effects can be subtle, but today they are everywhere. And it’s not just students who are chilled by Trump administration threats.
Professors are censoring themselves in lectures and rewriting syllabuses. Researchers are stripping grant applications of words that might attract federal scrutiny, or abandoning the topics entirely. Media outlets are modifying their news coverage to avoid Trump lawsuits or sanctions.
Law enforcement and regulatory agencies are refusing to investigate Trump-aligned actors inside or outside government, and major national law firms are declining cases challenging Trump administration policies.
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books and other progressive subjects. Many in targeted immigrant communities are afraid to leave home to go to work or school.
In most cases, these people and institutions are not being specifically targeted or threatened by Trump. But they are afraid, and their fear is doing the administration’s work for it. They stay silent, avoid attention and confrontation, and look the other way. In other cases, they change their speech and behavior to accommodate or conform to the administration’s worldview.
Of course, there are counterexamples, such as the winter protests in Minneapolis in response to brutality by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the recent “No Kings” rallies. But even here, the broader but less visible trend—chilling effects—is evident.
For instance, in recent reporting on the latest No Kings rallies, many media outlets observed that students were noticeably missing, despite the Trump administration’s unpopularity among younger Americans."
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/chilling-effects.html
#ChillingEffects #USA #Trump #SelfCensorship #Democracy #Authoritarianism
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Reduce China-style self-censorship by participants at your meetings, by including agreements at the start
#meetings #EventDesign #agreements #covenants #SelfCensorship #eventprofs
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Reduce China-style self-censorship by participants at your meetings, by including agreements at the start
#meetings #EventDesign #agreements #covenants #SelfCensorship #eventprofs
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A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another.Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #belief #believeinyourself #confidence #creativity #ego #genius #humility #idea #opinion #originality #pride #selfappreciation #selfapproval #selfbetrayal #selfcensorship #selfconfidence #selfconsciousness #selfcriticism #selfdefeating #selfdeprecating #selfeffacing #selfesteem #selfjudgment #selfquestioning #selfreproach #selfsabotage #selftrust #spontaneity #trustyourself
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A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another.Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #belief #believeinyourself #confidence #creativity #ego #genius #humility #idea #opinion #originality #pride #selfappreciation #selfapproval #selfbetrayal #selfcensorship #selfconfidence #selfconsciousness #selfcriticism #selfdefeating #selfdeprecating #selfeffacing #selfesteem #selfjudgment #selfquestioning #selfreproach #selfsabotage #selftrust #spontaneity #trustyourself
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#Groundbreaking | Horse-racing, dancing continues, but books look uncertain | Chris Yeung | At Large
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Although there is no list of banned books in Hong Kong, fears of breaching the national security and seditious publications laws have worsened self-censorship in the publishing industry and society a...
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The historian #GarryWills, in an essay on Phillip Knightley’s 1975 book about wartime journalism, “The First Casualty,” wrote, “A #liberaldemocracy submits to #propaganda more readily than a #totalitarian state. #Self‐censorship is always more effective than #bureaucratic #censorship.”
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The historian #GarryWills, in an essay on Phillip Knightley’s 1975 book about wartime journalism, “The First Casualty,” wrote, “A #liberaldemocracy submits to #propaganda more readily than a #totalitarian state. #Self‐censorship is always more effective than #bureaucratic #censorship.”
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China’s home‑grown LLM Qwen suddenly edits its own reply when asked about the nation’s global image. The incident shines a light on AI censorship, political sensitivity, and the ethical tightrope of self‑censoring models. What does this mean for future chatbot development? #AICensorship #Qwen #SelfCensorship #AIethics
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/chinese-chatbot-qwen-selfcensors-answer-chinas-international
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China’s home‑grown LLM Qwen suddenly edits its own reply when asked about the nation’s global image. The incident shines a light on AI censorship, political sensitivity, and the ethical tightrope of self‑censoring models. What does this mean for future chatbot development? #AICensorship #Qwen #SelfCensorship #AIethics
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/chinese-chatbot-qwen-selfcensors-answer-chinas-international
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[en] Reconstructing Free Expression
"The Trump administration is engaged in a full-scale assault on First Amendment rights and values, violating laws and using threats to create a climate of fear and self-censorship. Its attacks—often successful—have exposed significant, longstanding weaknesses in the laws, institutions, and norms that underwrite public discourse."
"This initiative will encompass a series of closed convenings with scholars and advocates to generate ideas for legal, institutional, and other reforms ..."
https://knightcolumbia.org/research/reconstructing-free-expression
#freeexpression #firstamendment #usa #selfcensorship #trumpadministration #knightcolumbia #columbia #cornell #universitychicago
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A quotation from Henry Commager
The point is that when a nation silences criticism and dissent, it deprives itself of the power to correct its errors. The process of silencing need not be as savage as in Nazi Germany or in South Africa today; it is enough that an atmosphere be created where men prefer silence to protest. As has been observed of book-burning, it is not necessary to burn books, it is enough to discourage men from writing them.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #selfcorrection #censorship #criticism #dissent #error #oppression #protest #selfcensorship #silencing
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A quotation from Henry Commager
The point is that when a nation silences criticism and dissent, it deprives itself of the power to correct its errors. The process of silencing need not be as savage as in Nazi Germany or in South Africa today; it is enough that an atmosphere be created where men prefer silence to protest. As has been observed of book-burning, it is not necessary to burn books, it is enough to discourage men from writing them.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #selfcorrection #censorship #criticism #dissent #error #oppression #protest #selfcensorship #silencing
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News media in Australia (& world) covered, in depth, the return of the last Israeli hostage body, with interviews of family & govt… spokespersons. The return of FIFTEEN Palestinian bodies held hostage by Israel hardly rated a mention. Discuss. #Genocide #SelfCensorship #MediaBias #Apartheid
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A quotation from George Orwell
Why is the goose-step not used in England? There are, heaven knows, plenty of army officers who would be only too glad to introduce some such thing. It is not used because the people in the street would laugh. Beyond a certain point, military display is only possible in countries where the common people dare not laugh at the army.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1941-02-19), “The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius,” Part 1 “England Your England,” sec. 2, The Searchlight Books [ed. Fyvel and Orwell]More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81601/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism @fear #laughter #marching #military #mockery #parade #selfcensorship
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A quotation from George Orwell
Why is the goose-step not used in England? There are, heaven knows, plenty of army officers who would be only too glad to introduce some such thing. It is not used because the people in the street would laugh. Beyond a certain point, military display is only possible in countries where the common people dare not laugh at the army.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1941-02-19), “The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius,” Part 1 “England Your England,” sec. 2, The Searchlight Books [ed. Fyvel and Orwell]More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81601/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism @fear #laughter #marching #military #mockery #parade #selfcensorship
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The #BBCnews Editor has sent this to #BBC journalists.
#Kidnapping must NOT be called #kidnapping, in case #Trump is offended. #SelfCensorship
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The #BBCnews Editor has sent this to #BBC journalists.
#Kidnapping must NOT be called #kidnapping, in case #Trump is offended. #SelfCensorship
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The science of how (and when) we decide to speak out—or self-censor
Freedom of speech is a foundational principle of healthy #democracies and hence a primary target for aspiring #authoritarians , who typically try to squash #dissent. There is a point where the threat from authorities is sufficiently severe that a population will self-censor rather than risk punishment.
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The science of how (and when) we decide to speak out—or self-censor
Freedom of speech is a foundational principle of healthy #democracies and hence a primary target for aspiring #authoritarians , who typically try to squash #dissent. There is a point where the threat from authorities is sufficiently severe that a population will self-censor rather than risk punishment.
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Culture of fear in places of learning. Faculty at NC colleges report anxiety over threats to academic freedom – WFAE 90.7 – Charlotte’s NPR News Source
Students walk across campus on Sept. 30, 2025, at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.Culture of fear in places of learning. Faculty at NC colleges report anxiety over threats to academic freedom
By Kate Denning | Carolina Public Press, Published December 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST
Students walk across campus on Sept. 30, 2025, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.At a recent Faculty Assembly meeting, a body of delegates from each of the 17 UNC System institutions, Wade Maki, chair of the assembly and UNC-Greensboro professor, asked its members to raise their hand if they had colleagues who were afraid of losing their job because of something they said in the classroom. Every delegate raised their hand, acknowledging concerns about academic freedom.
He asked them again to raise their hand if they had colleagues who were afraid of losing their job because of something they posted on their private social media accounts. Again, every delegate raised their hand.
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“I can’t think of anything that better expresses the climate that we are in,” Maki said.
North Carolina has narrowly avoided being in the spotlight alongside the slew of universities to fire faculty over speech both in and out of the classroom. But just because it hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean that academics feel entirely safe from the national phenomenon. Some say the anticipation is creating a culture of fear and self-censorship among faculty in the classroom and when interacting with the media.
‘Aggression’ toward academic freedom
Todd Berliner is the president of the recently revived American Association of University Professors UNC-Wilmington chapter. He and the eight others on the executive committee resurrected the chapter because of the “unprecedented aggression toward faculty and toward academic freedom that has erupted” in the last year, though it’s really been happening for nearly a decade, he told Carolina Public Press.
What were once commonly shared values in academia like shared governance and academic freedom have become politicized and challenged, Berliner said.
Several high-profile firings occurred this year due to professors speaking on issues related to gender identity — one at Texas A&M after a gender and sexuality lesson in a literature class and another at the University of Oklahoma after a psychology professor gave a student a failing grade on an assignment that cited the Bible to disagree with the notion that there are more than two genders. Both raised concerns about the state of academic freedom in higher education.
In September, an associate professor — a rank that typically indicates academics have obtained tenure at their institutions — at a small private North Carolina college declined an interview request from CPP because the person did “not feel it is safe to even report on academic/scientific expertise, as that is now often attacked, and professors are now being reprimanded/fired for taking such a stance.”
Instances like these indicate a newly aggressive climate toward the mission of academia and the open exchange of ideas, Berliner said.
“When faculty feel threatened and when this kind of aggression is directed toward faculty, we can’t do our best work, and we need to be able to think freely and expose ourselves and our students to whatever ideas are pertinent to the issues of the day and to history in order to gain understanding,” he said.
Aside from disagreements over course material, public statements on current events and other outside political activity have also resulted in retribution for academics. As many as 40 faculty members were fired this year over comments related to the assassination of firebrand conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the national branch of the American Association of University Professors told The Guardian in October.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Culture of fear in places of learning. Faculty at NC colleges report anxiety over threats to academic freedom | WFAE 90.7 – Charlotte’s NPR News Source
#AcademicFreedom #Charlotte #CultureOfFear #Faculty #NationalPublicRadio #NCColleges #NorthCarolina #NPR #PlacesOfLearning #PublicSyllabus #SelfCensorship #TheUniversityOfNorthCarolinaAtChapelHill #Threats #WFAE -
Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship
https://kerrick.blog/articles/2025/confessions-of-a-software-developer-no-more-self-censorship/
#HackerNews #Confessions #SoftwareDeveloper #SelfCensorship #TechIndustry #DeveloperLife
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Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship
https://kerrick.blog/articles/2025/confessions-of-a-software-developer-no-more-self-censorship/
#HackerNews #Confessions #SoftwareDeveloper #SelfCensorship #TechIndustry #DeveloperLife
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ICE Is Collecting More Data, Aims to Outsource Judgment to Private Contractors
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"The Tragic Loss of Teen Vogue. Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends":
https://www.cjr.org/feature/the-tragic-loss-of-teen-vogue.php
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"The Tragic Loss of Teen Vogue. Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends":
https://www.cjr.org/feature/the-tragic-loss-of-teen-vogue.php
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
What is going on in the Un-American Activities Committee worries me primarily because little people have become frightened and we find ourselves living in the atmosphere of a police state, where people close doors before they state what they think or look over their shoulders apprehensively before they express an opinion.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1947-10-29), “My Day”More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/80…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #chillingeffect #fear #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #mccarthyism #policestate #RedScare #selfcensorship #tyranny
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Reduce China-style self-censorship by participants at your meetings, by including agreements at the start
#meetings #EventDesign #agreements #covenants #SelfCensorship #eventprofs
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Reduce China-style self-censorship by participants at your meetings, by including agreements at the start
#meetings #EventDesign #agreements #covenants #SelfCensorship #eventprofs
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#CharlieKirk #SouthPark #SelfCensorship #cowardice
"South Park is taking an additional week off.
The Comedy Central series is skipping yet another week, with the cable network releasing the news on Wednesday, Sept. 17 — the same day as the new episode was supposed to air.
This time, however, the news came with a rare statement from creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone:
'Apparently when you do everything at the last minute sometimes you don’t get it done. This one’s on us. We didn’t get it done in time. Thanks to Comedy Central and South Park fans for being so understanding. Tune in next week!'
(. . .)
The episode was particularly anticipated as it was the first one scheduled in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk being assassinated.
The reason for drawing a connection between those two seemingly disparate events is that South Park has been mocking President Trump and MAGA heavily during its 27th season, and during its second episode parodied Kirk specifically. So many have wondered how what the Comedy Central series would do next.
(. . .)
The episode was particularly anticipated as it was the first one scheduled in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk being assassinated.
The reason for drawing a connection between those two seemingly disparate events is that South Park has been mocking President Trump and MAGA heavily during its 27th season, and during its second episode parodied Kirk specifically. So many have wondered how what the Comedy Central series would do next.
Comedy Central even pulled that episode, titled 'Got a Nut,' from a planned repeat airing, though it’s still available on streaming on Paramount+.
The episode had Eric Cartman becoming a right-wing podcaster in the style of Kirk, who tours college campuses debating progressive students. 'Who wants to debate the master debater?' demanded Cartman, who also took on Kirk’s hairstyle and later attended a ceremony giving out 'The Charlie Kirk Award for Young Masterdebaters.'The mockery was actually pretty tame by South Park standards (certainly kinder than its treatment of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem in the same episode). After the episode aired, Kirk seemed thrilled and posted a TikTok (below) calling the episode 'hilarious' and noted 'South Park gets this right.' The Turning Point USA founder added, 'We have a good spirit about being made fun of. This is all a win. We as conservatives have thick skin, not thin skin, and you can make fun of us and it doesn’t matter.'
Comedy Central had no comment on the scrapped repeat. But thinking behind the decision to not air the episode on cable but keep it on streaming is that viewers have to intentionally opt to watch the episode on demand; whereas on cable, it’s possible to for viewers passively watching Comedy Central to stumble onto the Kirk content, which some may find disturbing."
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#CharlieKirk #SouthPark #SelfCensorship #cowardice
"South Park is taking an additional week off.
The Comedy Central series is skipping yet another week, with the cable network releasing the news on Wednesday, Sept. 17 — the same day as the new episode was supposed to air.
This time, however, the news came with a rare statement from creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone:
'Apparently when you do everything at the last minute sometimes you don’t get it done. This one’s on us. We didn’t get it done in time. Thanks to Comedy Central and South Park fans for being so understanding. Tune in next week!'
(. . .)
The episode was particularly anticipated as it was the first one scheduled in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk being assassinated.
The reason for drawing a connection between those two seemingly disparate events is that South Park has been mocking President Trump and MAGA heavily during its 27th season, and during its second episode parodied Kirk specifically. So many have wondered how what the Comedy Central series would do next.
(. . .)
The episode was particularly anticipated as it was the first one scheduled in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk being assassinated.
The reason for drawing a connection between those two seemingly disparate events is that South Park has been mocking President Trump and MAGA heavily during its 27th season, and during its second episode parodied Kirk specifically. So many have wondered how what the Comedy Central series would do next.
Comedy Central even pulled that episode, titled 'Got a Nut,' from a planned repeat airing, though it’s still available on streaming on Paramount+.
The episode had Eric Cartman becoming a right-wing podcaster in the style of Kirk, who tours college campuses debating progressive students. 'Who wants to debate the master debater?' demanded Cartman, who also took on Kirk’s hairstyle and later attended a ceremony giving out 'The Charlie Kirk Award for Young Masterdebaters.'The mockery was actually pretty tame by South Park standards (certainly kinder than its treatment of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem in the same episode). After the episode aired, Kirk seemed thrilled and posted a TikTok (below) calling the episode 'hilarious' and noted 'South Park gets this right.' The Turning Point USA founder added, 'We have a good spirit about being made fun of. This is all a win. We as conservatives have thick skin, not thin skin, and you can make fun of us and it doesn’t matter.'
Comedy Central had no comment on the scrapped repeat. But thinking behind the decision to not air the episode on cable but keep it on streaming is that viewers have to intentionally opt to watch the episode on demand; whereas on cable, it’s possible to for viewers passively watching Comedy Central to stumble onto the Kirk content, which some may find disturbing."
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"At least 15 people have been fired or suspended from their jobs after discussing the killing (of #CharlieKirk) online, according to a Reuters tally based on interviews and public statements. The total includes journalists, academic workers, and teachers":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/charlie-kirk-critics_n_68c5a9b5e4b0efc9da5fea41 "Other people appear to have done little more than point out that a longtime gun control foe had been shot to death."
#Selfcensorship #politics #SuppressingDissent #WeAreLessFreeThanWeWere #ReadMyNextMessageForGoodNews -
"At least 15 people have been fired or suspended from their jobs after discussing the killing (of #CharlieKirk) online, according to a Reuters tally based on interviews and public statements. The total includes journalists, academic workers, and teachers":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/charlie-kirk-critics_n_68c5a9b5e4b0efc9da5fea41 "Other people appear to have done little more than point out that a longtime gun control foe had been shot to death."
#Selfcensorship #politics #SuppressingDissent #WeAreLessFreeThanWeWere #ReadMyNextMessageForGoodNews -
I have just edited a toot because I have applied for a Government expert panel and the civil service do social media checks on academics. I decided that I could do more good on the panel than by displaying solidarity on social media. But it feels dirty. A small but quotidien version of the problem of #DirtyHands. Also, more problematically, it shows that #SelfCensorship is becoming increasingly necessary in our surveillance state.
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From gr*pists to nip nops, how self-censorship shapes the language of TikTok : Code Switch : NPR
Have you noticed people using terms like "unalive" and "pew pews" on social media? There's a reason for that: some people are changing the way they speak on #TikTok and other social media platforms to bypass what they think are #algorithm blocks. #SelfCensorship #aocialMedia #language #CodeSwitch
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Mediagazer: "Disney CEO Bob Iger and ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic asked #TheView hosts to tone down their political rhetoric, particularly about Trump."
#selfcensorship #CowardlyDisney #media #appeasement #FreeSpeech #politics
