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Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content

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1525 points garyclarke27 | 4 comments | 18 May 20 07:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.511s | source
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kleiba ◴[18 May 20 08:39 UTC] No.23219907[source]▶
I've never lived in China but this immediately sounds like my (naive) idea of what it must be like: you're only allowed to consume what the government has approved.

I think this is setting a dangerous precedence.

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weiming ◴[18 May 20 08:42 UTC] No.23219936[source]▶
Except in this case it's not the government, but private corporations taking some kind of political stance.

Google in particular has been very "active," not to forget also: https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-will-ban-anything-ag... ("video that 'goes against' WHO guidance on the pandemic will be blocked")

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Tepix ◴[18 May 20 08:52 UTC] No.23220012[source]▶
There is a lot of pressure on the large tech companies to stop spreading misinformation. This is one of their measures.
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1. 9HZZRfNlpR ◴[18 May 20 10:18 UTC] No.23220557[source]▶
I remember Sergey Brin (Jewish) defending the fact that the second result for a word jew was some nasty conspiracy site that ranked well. Thought he had big balls to defend it especially considering his background.
2. drngdds ◴[18 May 20 11:15 UTC] No.23220958[source]▶
Alternate theory: there are intelligent, mature adults who disagree with you
3. kleiba ◴[18 May 20 11:58 UTC] No.23221217[source]▶
Back when most people who worked there were adults

Are you aware of the fact that Google was literally founded by two college kids?

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4. thu2111 ◴[19 May 20 07:33 UTC] No.23232243[source]▶
I am! And for better or worse, one of the first things investors insisted on was bringing in Schmidt as "adult supervision".