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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: 0.207s | 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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1. ravenstine ◴[18 May 20 14:59 UTC] No.23223162[source]▶
What is a government but a "corporation" that owns land and takes a political stance? I find Google to be virtually indistinguishable from government besides that it doesn't have a constitution. Even worse is that they have contracts with the US and various governments, making them a political toady.