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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/113443561910010964">Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:29:44 JST</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" title="pluralistic@mamot.fr"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/1478-48-20250110225240.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Cory Doctorow" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Cory Doctorow</a><div><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113443561450714519" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>From the Inquisition to the Comics Code, government censors were only able to do their jobs because powerful middlemen, fearing state punishments, blocked anything that *might* cross the line, censoring *far* beyond the material actually prohibited by the law:</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/22/self-censorship/#hugos" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/22/self-censorship/#hugos</a></p><p>29/</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3958531#notice-7732807">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-11-08T05:29:44+09:00" title="Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:29:44 JST">about 8 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113443561910010964" rel="external" title="Sent from mamot.fr via ActivityPub">mamot.fr</a></span></span><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113443561910010964">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 05:29:44 JST Cory Doctorow
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From the Inquisition to the Comics Code, government censors were only able to do their jobs because powerful middlemen, fearing state punishments, blocked anything that *might* cross the line, censoring *far* beyond the material actually prohibited by the law:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/22/self-censorship/#hugos
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