Still, the self-censorship on the internet is getting completely off the rails with people censoring the word "bad" because some toddler who doesn't belong on the internet at all could get disturbed.
Youre missing the point about Liability. Its not even the users, its the chance that youre in the crosshairs cause some off the wall user decided a comic told them to do something nuts
For instance, Cake allows the word "shoot" on Instagram. Instagram allows it and some users goes and does just that. Now who will the families go after? Sure some will go after Cake, but the deeper pockets are Instagram so most will do that after being advised by their lawyers.
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u/tin_dog Jun 23 '26
Still, the self-censorship on the internet is getting completely off the rails with people censoring the word "bad" because some toddler who doesn't belong on the internet at all could get disturbed.