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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.




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.


Someone on HN suggested an amendment to the rule that private companies are not obliged to follow any freedom of speech principles when they grow to a size where they are closer to a carrier than a service. I think it's time to seriously consider something like that.


Or "public health organizations". Given how much the WHO lied to everyone to protect PRC, continues to do it and bullied the country that handle the crisis the best (Taiwan) this is particularly ridiculous, in addition to being indeed distopic. Or maybe Google want us to drink bleach, as this a solution approved by POTUS? Not wearing masks like the French government said? If anything governmental sources should be as heavily fact checked as any others.


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.


Sweden is 7th in confirmed cases per capita. I'm not sure you can point to them as a success story.


Imagine allowing someone to relay information that causes the decimation of the human population. Just wanted to give an idea of what the other side of the argument looks like.


You think journalists would be any better?




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