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

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1525 points garyclarke27 | 2 comments | 18 May 20 07:37 UTC | HN request time: 1.014s | source
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yuvalr1 ◴[18 May 20 08:51 UTC] No.23220008[source]▶
This is once again an example for how freedom of speech is becoming more and more controlled by tech companies.

I'm a little worried about this phenomenon. Google is not constructed by journalists. Freedom of speech might not be first priority for Google.

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encom ◴[18 May 20 09:07 UTC] No.23220110[source]▶
Just think about how extremely dystopian it is, to punish someone for relaying information that is not approved by the government.

The slope is getting slippier every day.

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1. 9HZZRfNlpR ◴[18 May 20 10:15 UTC] No.23220537[source]▶
Sweden and herd immunity is official government source? Also this is the only country where scientists are in 100% control, politicians don't make these shots what so ever, this is their policy for this pandemic. So all these anti lockdown folks can always have that as an official government source and possibly also scientific because of the way they set it up there. Of course at least in Europe all the countries are moving the same direction anyway.
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2. moftz ◴[18 May 20 22:48 UTC] No.23229283[source]▶
Sweden is 7th in confirmed cases per capita. I'm not sure you can point to them as a success story.