COMMENT | Inculcating ability for societal censorship

COMMENT | I am a proponent of societal censorship and my definition of it is when society acts as its own filter when it comes to news and content instead of the state or any authoritative body.

So instead of having a ministry like the Home Ministry or a board like the Film Censorship Board that determines what can be consumed or not, we just have the people to do it.

For example, if there is something that is deemed offensive or indecent on YouTube, society should just make a collective decision instead of having the authority to order a directive against the content.

If everyone deems it offensive, then nobody will pay any heed to it, hence the content is rendered ineffective. It might not even be shared or go viral because nobody cares.

Basically, with a system like this, everyone will be able to...