Comment by commandlinefan
8 years ago
Back in the 90's, we used to scoff at the idea that the internet would be subject to widespread censorship - "the internet detects censorship as damage and routes around it" was what we used to say. It's starting to look like not only were we wrong, but that the internet is shaping up to be the ultimate censorship tool.
Twitter is not the Internet. The Internet is not Twitter. Platforms come and go. My computer will always be able to be connected to yours, though.
If you're worried about communications going through a third-party, privately owned service getting censored, then you're communicating wrong.
The web isn't even the internet.
It's more like "the internet detects censorship as desirable and strives toward it" now.