Censorship
Boing Boing has been described as an "outspoken critic of censorship elsewhere" yet has been accused of practicing forms of censorship itself. For example the act of "disemvoweling" was popularized by the site—literally stripping out the vowels of any comment a moderator had taken exception to. More recently it has been accused of dropping comments completely; for example, dropping the first 8 or 9 comments in a software piracy related article.
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Famous quotes containing the word censorship:
“... censorship often boils down to some male judges getting to read a lot of dirty books—with one hand.”
—Robin Morgan (b. 1941)
“Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they’re doing and saying in films right now just shouldn’t be allowed. There’s no dignity anymore and I think that’s very important.”
—Mae West (1892–1980)
“The censorship method ... is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)