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

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1525 points garyclarke27 | 1 comments | 18 May 20 07:37 UTC | HN request time: 1.149s | source
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MattGaiser ◴[18 May 20 08:01 UTC] No.23219623[source]▶
What is going on with Google? We had PushBullet being threatened with removal over vague problems just a few days ago.

I don't buy the "evil monopoly" narrative as what does this accomplish for Google?

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1. mindslight ◴[18 May 20 13:07 UTC] No.23221808[source]▶
Censorship simply does not scale. A centralized entity cannot get all the details correct, and a larger community has more diverging values. The more Google attempts to police information, the more wrong judgments it makes. It's inevitable.