Censorship and liabilities

in #partiko5 years ago (edited)

This is no doubt another aspect that is somewhat confusing. Which is to say, that it's so nuanced, that it's hard to make up our minds about exactly how it's supposed to or should work.

To me, it's no big revelation that Steemit inc removes some articles from their front end, and has even gone as far as removing a profile all together. Of course, the blockchain remains immutable and then information can still be accessed, but to the outsider looking in, this looks really bad.

Just to add a pinch of reality to the situation, let's just say that there is a reason why Steemit inc, or any company who operates out of the US can simply put on the anarchist Jersey and call it a day. No one wants to be liable, and the aggressive state has no problems taking anyone down for what they would consider immoral or illegal to be more precise.

As I've said before, the idea that we can one day live in a world of true freedom is beautiful, but the cynic in me doesn't believe we are even close to such existence.

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As long as we have governments that force censorship we will not have a totally free place. I believe that only this is lacking so that we can guarantee total freedom of expression, a model where we do not have centralized servers, thus ensuring the dispersion of information, because in this case, it is impossible for a country's jurisdiction to be behind everyone.
Something similar to a torrent, where you can access the blockchain without having to go through a centralized server.

You might like FreeNet then. FreeNet is a bit slow and under loved but it is censorship resistant.

hm.. I never heard about that, I will read more about that. Thanks @eturnerx.

No where need indeed as it seems like we have given the keys to liberty in many aspects to many of the centralized organizations that interact with our daily lives. Technology has allowed it as we get mesmerized by what it does for us.

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