<![CDATA[Google at the center of international and domestic Internet censorship - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Google at the center of international and domestic Internet censorship - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Google at the center of international and domestic Internet censorship]]> "Our own dubious record.."

Come again? Ooooh, he sent a letter, which YouTube promptly roundfiled. Creeping fascism!

The US actually takes a much more absolutist approach to the freedom of speech issues (and that's a good thing) when compared to other Western democracies, in which hate speech, for example, is typically illegal.

Take the UK, which banned The Satanic Verses for a time and in which libel and slander lawsuits are routinely used to stifle criticism of public figures.

Jimmy the Saint

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