add: Cultural censorship (moderation)

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@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ A "hard" chain would store only the first previous event, and if that event is m
Events can go missing because of Events can go missing because of
- cultural reasons (moderation)
- political reasons (censorship) - political reasons (censorship)
- technical reasons (data loss) - technical reasons (data loss)
@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ Political censorship can use the method of "shadow banning", also known as "sele
In that case, most events are **not** censored to create the illusion of "free speech", and only some events are censored. In that case, most events are **not** censored to create the illusion of "free speech", and only some events are censored.
To detect this form of censorship, we need a steady chain of events. To detect this form of censorship, we need a steady chain of events.
Cultural censorship (moderation) may remove "legal but annoying" content (for example: NSFW content), so we want to tolerate some missing events.
When broadcasting "politically incorrect" content, authors should avoid such events in their chain of events, to make verification easier.
Redundancy Redundancy
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@ -143,5 +147,8 @@ Keywords
- blockchain - blockchain
- censorship-resistance - censorship-resistance
- fault-tolerance
- tamper-proof - tamper-proof
- append-only - append-only
- verification
- data integrity