# Censorship raises ugly head again !

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censorship-raises-ugly-head-again/741856>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 31, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censorship-raises-ugly-head-again/741856 "2015-12-31T23:26:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![geological](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/67e7ee/32.png) [@geological](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geological)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censorship-raises-ugly-head-again/741856/1 "2015-12-31T23:26:20Z")

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Here is my post on Craigslist right before my posts were deleted .

A great loss. Aaron Swartz \< 9laney9 \> 2015-12-31 08:12

on Jan.11th. two years ago. He committed suicide . or did the gummint kill  
him. as his parents think?

[https://forums.craigslist.org/?ID=267407542](https://forums.craigslist.org/?ID=267407542)

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censorship-raises-ugly-head-again/741856/2 "2015-12-31T23:34:45Z")

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Private company. They can do as they like.  
Censorship only applies to the government.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/censorship-raises-ugly-head-again/741856/3 "2015-12-31T23:41:14Z")

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No debate even attempted.

Closed.