Censorship is a tough subject to talk about. Nobody likes being censored, but many people would like to censor speech that they don’t agree with or find offensive.

Never has this subject been more urgent in our country then after the prominence of social media. When Elon Musk responded to a particularly vile anti-Semitic tweet, saying “you speak the truth”, many people wanted that original tweet taken down. But who determines what is offensive? I certainly did find it disgusting, but a whole lot of right wing extremists had another view of it, and they too have the right to freedom of speech.

So where is the line? Or is there even a line? Who determines what needs to be censored, and who determines what the limits are to free speech?
Imagine if the MAGA movement wins the election (God forbid), do we then assume they are the majority, and therfore they determine the standards? That could mean that some of that movements slogans, like “Jews will not replace us”, are all of a sudden acceptale?

Even now, the house voted to ban TikTok, unless it is sold to an American company. That is some serious censorhip! Shouldn’t it be up to the users to decide if they want to give a Chinese owned company their personal details? After all, there is no law against being stupid.

Censorship is a difficult subject. A case can be made both for and against it. For me, as much as I dislike some of the vile stuff that appears on social media, I believe that censorship is so incredibly subjective that it cannot be properly justified.

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