http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/04/20/what-is-self-censorship/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 27 May 2012 06:55:59 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/04/20/what-is-self-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-1737548 On the mechanics of self-censorship « ujevnheter Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:32:13 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=9294#comment-1737548 [...] stumbled upon this piece by Frank Dai, and find the description of the mechanics of self-censorship to be equally entertaining and [...] [...] stumbled upon this piece by Frank Dai, and find the description of the mechanics of self-censorship to be equally entertaining and [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/04/20/what-is-self-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-40436 88 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 03:13:37 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=9294#comment-40436 State censorship is only a catalyst for self-censorship. External censorship can never control a society of a billion people. The role of the state is merely to create the environment and conditions in which self-censorship becomes second nature, which makes censorship a self-policing system. Of course this sort of self-regulated system exists in all societies at a deeper and more subtle level than the clumsy but effective way it works in societies without freedom of the press, etc. State censorship is only a catalyst for self-censorship. External censorship can never control a society of a billion people. The role of the state is merely to create the environment and conditions in which self-censorship becomes second nature, which makes censorship a self-policing system. Of course this sort of self-regulated system exists in all societies at a deeper and more subtle level than the clumsy but effective way it works in societies without freedom of the press, etc.

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