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Originally Posted by screwballl
Censorship does NOT equal or require government intervention. This has already been covered... try going back a few pages of this thread, thanks!
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Censorship is suppression of speech or other communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body.
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Censorship, in common usage, does normally refer to governmental action, since that affects the population as a whole, and is backed by a legal framework.
Amazon is not a government entity, a media outlet or other controlling body. It is merely one of thousands of booksellers. What it did was make a business decision, albeit awkwardly, regarding a single author's book.
My point was that the use of the term "censorship" in connection with Amazon did give the thread drama and traffic, but is ultimately misleading and gives more import to Amazon's action than it deserves.