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>Github is making it very clear by taking this action that freedom of expression is not one of their values.

Github has made that very clear when they took down the parody feminist programming language C+=. There were no legal notices or government threats or anything. They simply did not like the message.

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/12/14/1618239/github-take...

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I'll admit I get a bit more worked up about companies colluding with governments to suppress speech; the potential harm is much higher. If Github had themselves taken a stance that the contents of the censored repository were unethical and independently chosen to take it down, I'd have much less of a problem with them.

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