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<h2>Proprietary Censorship</h2>
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<p>Nonfree (proprietary) software is very often malware (designed to
mistreat the user). Nonfree software is controlled by its developers,
which puts them in a position of power over the users; <a
href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">that is the
basic injustice</a>. The developers (追記) and manufacturers (追記ここまで) often exercise
that power to the detriment of the users they ought to serve.</p>
(削除) <p>Here are examples (削除ここまで)
(追記) <p>This typically takes the form (追記ここまで) of (削除) proprietary systems that impose (削除ここまで) (追記) malicious functionalities.</p>
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<p>One kind of malicious functionality is (追記ここまで) censorship (削除) on (削除ここまで) (追記) of (追記ここまで) what (削除) their (削除ここまで)
users can access. (追記) Here are examples of programs which do this. (追記ここまで)
We have a <a
href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html">separate
list of proprietary systems that censor installation</a> of
application programs (we call them (削除) “jails”.)</p> (削除ここまで) (追記) “jails”).</p> (追記ここまで)
<p>Selling products designed as platforms for a
company to impose censorship ought to be forbidden by law, but it
isn't.</p>
(削除) <ul>
 <li><p>Chrome
 <a href="https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/6261569?hl=en">
	censors downloads (削除ここまで)
(追記) <div class="important">
<p>If you know (追記ここまで) of (削除) software</a>.</p>
 <p>Helping users avoid malicious software downloads is useful, (削除ここまで) (追記) an example that ought to be in this page (追記ここまで) but (削除) forcibly stopping them (削除ここまで) (追記) isn't
here, please write
to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>
to inform us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two, 
preferably in English, to serve as specific substantiation.</p>
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<h3 id="apple">Apple</h3>
<p>Apple mainly uses iOS, which (追記ここまで) is (削除) wrong.</p>
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 <li><p>Chrome, on Windows, now (削除ここまで) (追記) a typical jail, to impose censorship
through the Apple Store. Please refer to (追記ここまで) <a (削除) href="https://thenextweb.com/google/2014/05/27/google-starts-blocking-extensions-chrome-web-store-windows-users-disables-installed-ones/">
	censors extensions</a>.</p>
 <p>Google said it would (削除ここまで)
(追記) href="/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html#apple">Proprietary Jails</a>
for more information.</p>
<h3 id="google">Google</h3>
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 <p>Bowing down to the US government, Apple and Google <a
 href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/03/nx-s1-5561999/apple-google-iceblock-app-removal">
 removed</a> from their stores (追記ここまで) <a (削除) href="/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html#chrome-erase-addons">
	force-delete unauthorized extensions</a>.</p> (削除ここまで)
 (追記) href="https://www.androidauthority.com/ice-alert-app-red-dot-pulled-play-store-3603936/">
 several applications</a> used for reporting ICE raids. Google
 even tried to justify it by calling ICE thugs a “vulnerable
 group,” despite them being the ones who carry the weapons.</p> (追記ここまで)
 </li>
 (削除) <li><p>Google (削除ここまで)
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 <p>Google (追記ここまで) <a (削除) href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2017/0316/Google-Family-Link-gives-parents-a-way-to-monitor-preteens-accounts"> (削除ここまで)
 (追記) href="https://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2017/0316/Google-Family-Link-gives-parents-a-way-to-monitor-preteens-accounts"> (追記ここまで)
 offers censorship software</a>, ostensibly for parents to put into
 their children's computers.</p>
 </li>
(削除) <li><p>
The (削除ここまで)
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 <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2017-01</small>'
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 <p>On Windows and MacOS, Chrome <a
 href="https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/developers/extensions-deployment-faq">
 disables extensions</a> that are not hosted in the Chrome Web
 Store.</p>
 <p>For example, an extension was <a
 href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170120094917/https://consumerist.com/2017/01/18/why-is-google-blocking-this-ad-blocker-on-chrome/">
 banned from the Chrome Web Store, and permanently disabled</a> on
 more than 40,000 computers.</p>
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 <p><a
 href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/03/google-pulls-ad-blocking-app-for-samsung-phones">
 Google censored installation of Samsung's ad-blocker</a> on Android
 phones, saying that blocking ads is “interference” with
 the sites that advertise (and surveil users through ads).</p>
 <p>The ad-blocker is proprietary software, just like the program
 (Google Play) that Google used to deny access to install it. Using
 a nonfree program gives the owner power over you, and Google has
 exercised that power.</p>
 <p>Google's censorship, unlike that of Apple, is not total: Android
 allows users to install apps in other ways. You can install free
 programs from f-droid.org.</p>
 </li>
</ul>
<h3 id="consoles">Game consoles</h3>
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 <p>The (追記ここまで) <a
(削除) href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-3ds-charges-30-cents-to-remove-an-in/1100-6421996/">Nintendo (削除ここまで)
 (追記) href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-3ds-charges-30-cents-to-remove-an-in/1100-6421996/">
 Nintendo (追記ここまで) 3DS</a> censors web browsing; it is possible to turn off
 the censorship, but that requires identifying oneself to pay, which
 is a form of (削除) surveillance.
</p></li> (削除ここまで) (追記) surveillance.</p>
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(追記) <h3 id="online-conferencing">Online conferencing</h3>
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 <li id="M202006120">
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 <p>The company behind Zoom does not only deny
 users' computer freedom by developing this piece
 of nonfree software, it also violates users' civil rights by <a
 href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/12/21288995/zoom-blocking-feature-chinese-government-censorship">banning
 events and censoring users</a> to serve the agenda of governments.</p>
 <p>Freedom respecting programs such as <a
 href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Jitsi">Jitsi</a> or <a
 href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/BigBlueButton">BigBlueButton</a>
 can be used instead, better still if installed in a server controlled
 by its users.</p>
 </li>
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<h3 id="other">Other</h3>
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 <p>As of 2021, <a
 href="https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-40-apps-preinstalled-electronic-devices/32532513.html">
 preinstallation of Russian-made proprietary software has
 been mandatory</a> on new computers and “smart”
 devices sold in Russia, under threat of a fine (追記ここまで) for (削除) id="content", starts (削除ここまで) (追記) the retailer, and <a
 href="https://tadviser.com/index.php/Article:Pre-installation_of_Russian_software_on_smartphones_and_computers">
 the list of mandatory applications keeps
 growing</a>. This gives the government a convenient way to <a
 href="https://www.article19.org/resources/russia-pre-installation-of-apps-matters-for-free-speech/">
 censor information, spy on people's online activity, and restrict
 free speech</a>.</p>
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 <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2022-04</small>'
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 <p>New Amazon worker chat app <a
 href="https://theintercept.com/2022/04/04/amazon-union-living-wage-restrooms-chat-app/">would
 ban specific words Amazon doesn't like</a>, such as
 “union”, “restrooms”, and “pay
 raise”. If (追記ここまで) the (削除) include above (削除ここまで) (追記) app was free, workers could modify the program
 so it acts as they wish, not how Amazon wants it.</p>
 </li>
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 <li id="M202109220">
 <!--#set var="DATE" value='<small class="date-tag">2021-09</small>'
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 <p>Some Xiaomi phones <a
 href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/lithuania-tells-citizens-to-throw-out-chinese-phones-over-censorship-concerns">have
 a malfeature to bleep out phrases that express political views
 the Chinese government does not like</a>. In phones sold in Europe,
 Xiaomi leaves this deactivated by default, but has a back door to
 activate the censorship.</p>
 <p>This is the natural result of having nonfree software in a device
 that can communicate with the company that made it.</p>
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