I am starting to think that a middle ground in the censorship wars would be to have a publicly available domain that shows what exactly is being censored in that country that anyone can look at.
So that way governments could still use these tools where appropriate (because sometimes there is a good reason for censorship) but journalists/lawyers/activists would still be able to see what is being censored with a little effort which would allow journalists to provide transparency.
This could allow for government to still censor but keep the public's trust about how censorship is used.
> I am starting to think that a middle ground in the censorship wars would be to have a publicly available domain that shows what exactly is being censored in that country that anyone can look at.
that is a bare minimum, but insufficient by itself
Yeah, that defeats the purpose of censoring leftist news organizations. Ain't happening, the public must know in their hearts that censorship only affects the far right. Only then can they accept it.
I wonder if we need some kind of other independent institution for this. Like every proper democracy should have a separation of powers with: a legislature, an executive, and a judiciary.
Maybe the "misinformation office" should follow some kind of law but isn't directly managed by politicians.
So that way governments could still use these tools where appropriate (because sometimes there is a good reason for censorship) but journalists/lawyers/activists would still be able to see what is being censored with a little effort which would allow journalists to provide transparency.
This could allow for government to still censor but keep the public's trust about how censorship is used.