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Censorship

TagLast edit: Aug 1, 2020, 10:15 AM by Yoav Ravid

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or “inconvenient.” Censorship can be conducted by governments, private institutions, and other controlling bodies. (From Wikipedia)

Public-fac­ing Cen­sor­ship Is Safety Theater, Caus­ing Rep­u­ta­tional Da­m­age

YitzSep 23, 2022, 5:08 AM
149 points
42 comments6 min readLW link

Large Lan­guage Models will be Great for Censorship

Ethan EdwardsAug 21, 2023, 7:03 PM
183 points
14 comments8 min readLW link
(ethanedwards.substack.com)

Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her; Or, Selec­tive Re­port­ing and the Tragedy of the Green Rationalists

Zack_M_DavisSep 24, 2019, 4:12 AM
299 points
40 comments9 min readLW link2 reviews

Free Speech and Triskaideka­pho­bic Calcu­la­tors: A Re­ply to Hub­inger on the Rele­vance of Public On­line Dis­cus­sion to Ex­is­ten­tial Risk

Zack_M_DavisDec 21, 2019, 12:49 AM
76 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

The Heck­ler’s Veto Is Also Sub­ject to the Unilat­er­al­ist’s Curse

Zack_M_DavisMar 9, 2020, 8:11 AM
48 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Be­ware Triv­ial Inconveniences

Scott AlexanderMay 6, 2009, 10:04 PM
264 points
107 comments4 min readLW link

A tale from Com­mu­nist China

Wei DaiOct 18, 2020, 5:37 PM
281 points
65 comments2 min readLW link1 review

[Question] Are there ex­am­ples of ra­tio­nal­ists get­ting cen­sored for COVID-19 re­lated com­mu­ni­ca­tion?

ChristianKlJan 15, 2021, 6:46 PM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Speak­ing Truth to Power Is a Schel­ling Point

Zack_M_DavisDec 30, 2019, 6:12 AM
52 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Jour­nal ar­ti­cle: “The Myth­i­cal Ta­boo on Race and In­tel­li­gence”

CronoDASOct 16, 2020, 2:58 AM
−17 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(journals.sagepub.com)

Avoid­ing Selec­tion Bias

the gears to ascensionOct 4, 2017, 7:10 PM
20 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Why I’m not on the Ra­tion­al­ist Masterlist

ApprenticeJan 6, 2014, 12:16 AM
40 points
882 comments1 min readLW link

On the na­ture of anxiety

mr_fahrenheitFeb 22, 2021, 11:56 PM
0 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Open, Free, Safe: Choose Two

jaspaxMar 20, 2021, 4:42 PM
108 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

On­line Pri­vacy: Should you Care?

brookFeb 11, 2022, 1:20 PM
11 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Free­dom of Speech

Zero ContradictionsAug 20, 2024, 4:34 PM
−13 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

[Question] Why does ChatGPT throw an er­ror when out­putting “David Mayer”?

ArchimedesDec 1, 2024, 12:11 AM
6 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[META] Build­ing a ra­tio­nal­ist com­mu­ni­ca­tion sys­tem to avoid censorship

Donald HobsonJun 23, 2020, 2:12 PM
36 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

New cen­sor­ship: against hy­po­thet­i­cal vi­o­lence against iden­ti­fi­able people

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 23, 2012, 9:00 PM
43 points
448 comments1 min readLW link

Should LW have a pub­lic cen­sor­ship policy?

BongoDec 11, 2010, 10:45 PM
25 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

Be­ing your own censor

[deleted]Jan 8, 2011, 7:05 PM
31 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Free Speech as Le­gal Right vs. Eth­i­cal Value

ozymandiasNov 28, 2017, 4:49 PM
14 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Scarcity

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 27, 2008, 8:07 AM
87 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

I’ve had it with those dark ru­mours about our cul­ture rigor­ously sup­press­ing opinions

MultiheadedJan 25, 2012, 5:43 PM
50 points
868 comments2 min readLW link

Be­ware Triv­ial Fears

StabilizerFeb 4, 2014, 5:40 AM
64 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Think Like a Supervillain

Qiaochu_YuanFeb 20, 2013, 8:34 AM
46 points
111 comments2 min readLW link
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