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minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up105·7 months agoSocial media forcing people to see self-censorship as normal has to be in the top 5 of the most harmful things they are doing.
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·7 months agoIt’s amazing how many people will self-censor and add disclaimers when speaking irl these days.
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-27 months agocws/disclaimers are good censorship (including self-censlrship) is bad.
minus-squarewoop_woop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·7 months agoContent warnings seem to be useless or add stress https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21677026231186625
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoThe excellent podcast Search Engine has an episode on this topic with a guest expert in the field who absolutely agrees.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·7 months agoI definitely appreciate them. Its not useless.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down2·7 months agoIt’s yet another dystopian online trend that China pioneered over a decade before the ‘free’ internet adopted it because money.
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoInstagram was already forcing people to self-censor before TikTok became a thing
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoInstagram or smart phones didn’t exist when China started it. This isn’t about TikTok starting anything.
Social media forcing people to see self-censorship as normal has to be in the top 5 of the most harmful things they are doing.
It’s amazing how many people will self-censor and add disclaimers when speaking irl these days.
cws/disclaimers are good
censorship (including self-censlrship) is bad.
Content warnings seem to be useless or add stress
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21677026231186625
The excellent podcast Search Engine has an episode on this topic with a guest expert in the field who absolutely agrees.
I definitely appreciate them. Its not useless.
It’s yet another dystopian online trend that China pioneered over a decade before the ‘free’ internet adopted it because money.
Instagram was already forcing people to self-censor before TikTok became a thing
Instagram or smart phones didn’t exist when China started it. This isn’t about TikTok starting anything.