# Governance-based content takedowns would mean censorship

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2020-12-20
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** The Akashian Challenge Livestream: Phase 3 Week 2 (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:53:00 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TEqq1vFPus&t=3180s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2020-12-20-governance-based-content-takedowns-would-mean-cens-zucd/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Governance-based content takedowns would mean censorship," The Akashian Challenge Livestream: Phase 3 Week 2 (Akash Network), 20 Dec 2020, 00:53:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TEqq1vFPus&t=3180s

## Quote — verbatim

> The moment you say we can introduce a governance process, that means... you're introducing censorship... we don't have the tools and technologies to even understand what the content is.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Greg's contrarian stance that Akash will not adopt on-chain governance for content removal, shifting moderation liability to individual providers instead.