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0 pointsgalaxyLogic4y ago0 comments

Nobody's asking Google to do something but rather to NOT do something. Hey Google, do NOT ban the pro-democracy app from your app-store. Google, you don't need to do anything, just don't do something that suppresses free speech.

Google is taking explicit action to suppress democracy, by removing a pro-democracy app from their app-store.

What will they do next? Remove all news critical of Putin from Google's search-results?

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dekhn4y ago· 1 in thread

not banning the app would be a direct violation of the law. what they are doing is complying with the local legal system.

if google doesn't want to be in that biz, they should leave the country or find a way to elect a different leader.

galaxyLogicOP4y ago

> not banning the app would be a direct violation of the law.

I don't think so. Russia can't dictate what kind of free speech Google can serve from its servers in United States can it? Or has Russian law taken over United States already?

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