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What is going on with an apparent rise of word censorship? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by ultrafastsloth@lemmy.world to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world

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I have noticed posts and comments mocking posts which have a mild curse word crossed out or ‘censored’ in some way. Yes, it was here before, but now I feel it increased. This post was my final straw: https://lemmy.world/post/34998482

I am noticing similar instances on the rise, has something happened? A law was passed somewhere?

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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Paranoid (?) but probably not entirely wrong take: "the limits of one's language are the limits to one's world", the powers that be feel the need to more strongly control the acceptable narratives (TikTok got a huge amount of Westerners to root against "their team" for once concerning the Israeli occupation, for instance), and getting folks accustomed to censorship for the sake of censorship is step towards that direction.