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by skulk 225 days ago
Google didn't censor covid-related conspiracies or whatever at the behest of the government. YouTube can censor whoever it wants but the US government cannot.

Also, do you have any actual evidence of political debanking in the US? I can't find any references to it other than the propaganda of the current administration.
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econ 225 days ago
I don't know anything so I tried searching. This was th first result.

https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/google-admi...

Make of it what you will.

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acdha 225 days ago
Google’s employees didn’t mention government pressure earlier and the company only started talking about that in conjunction with their PR plan to get favorable treatment from the current administration:

https://www.wired.com/story/republicans-claim-biden-censored...

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woodpanel 225 days ago
of course. of course. this is the only possible reason.

right.

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