Google admits to bowing to Biden censorship, and vows to end all bans
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In a major announcement, the House Judiciary committee today revealed that Google has admitted that it had bowed to direct pressure by the Biden administration to censor conservatives, and it now vows to never bow to such pressure again.
The company has also agreed to allow everyone it banned due to that pressure to return to Youtube.
The graphic to the right comes from the committee’s announcement. All five points listed are critical to the future. First, Google now confirms the truth of another “rightwing conspiracy theory”. The Democratic Party under Biden was aggressively abusing its power to censor its opposition. Second, Google now admits it participated in this wrong-doing, and pledges to never do it again.
Finally, and most important, it notes the threat to freedom and free speech now posed by Europe and its new censorship laws. That threat is real, and unless American companies have the courage to tell Europe to pound sand, we could see them agreeing to squelch our speech in order to keep their businesses open in Europe. Google is essentially asking Congress and the federal government to do something to protect it from those laws.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Click for original.
In a major announcement, the House Judiciary committee today revealed that Google has admitted that it had bowed to direct pressure by the Biden administration to censor conservatives, and it now vows to never bow to such pressure again.
The company has also agreed to allow everyone it banned due to that pressure to return to Youtube.
The graphic to the right comes from the committee’s announcement. All five points listed are critical to the future. First, Google now confirms the truth of another “rightwing conspiracy theory”. The Democratic Party under Biden was aggressively abusing its power to censor its opposition. Second, Google now admits it participated in this wrong-doing, and pledges to never do it again.
Finally, and most important, it notes the threat to freedom and free speech now posed by Europe and its new censorship laws. That threat is real, and unless American companies have the courage to tell Europe to pound sand, we could see them agreeing to squelch our speech in order to keep their businesses open in Europe. Google is essentially asking Congress and the federal government to do something to protect it from those laws.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Regrettably, I am nevertheless continuing my years-long ban on all things Google.
How are these platforms sorting out E.U. and British censorship? Watch what they do and not what they say.
A good excuse to bring American troops home out of Europe. Might as well.
That way, any censorship from the Continent will wear an urshanka as God and Beria intended.
The whole purpose of NATO was to keep Europa free. If they want to act like Ivan, let them deal with Ivan with their own monies–not mine.
Looks like Trump was right to defund Radio Free Europe after all. They weren’t listening.
A huge class action against Google would be nice. Tens of billions in damages plus punitive award.
That sounds good–problem with that is that it would be no different than a tax.
The bad guys still get latinum parachutes, but everyone else’s nest eggs would be threatened if stocks take a hit.
I’d settle for the executives be disappeared to the Comoros.
The people pressuring for the censorship are the same ones censoring. Don’t kid yourself google is still evil.
Rumble! Or another alternative, whenever possible. De-platform tech tyrants. Don’t let them monetize us for pennies on the dollar, until the winds change again and we’re gone.
What happened to “Don’t be evil?”
“In United States et al. v. Google, the Department of Justice and the states proved that Google broke the law over the course of a bench trial that started in September 2023 and lasted nine weeks.
In August 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released a 277-page opinion, concluding that “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly” in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act.”
“Under the remedies ordered today (September 2), Google will be barred from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app. Google cannot enter or maintain agreements that (1) condition the licensing of any Google application on the distribution, preloading, or placement of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or the Gemini app anywhere on a device; (2) condition the receipt of revenue share payments for the placement of one Google application on the placement of another Google application; or (3) condition the receipt of revenue share payments on maintaining Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or the Gemini app on any device, browser, or search access point for more than one year; or (4) prohibit any partner from simultaneously distributing any other GSE, browser, or GenAI product.”
[The Judge however has declined to order the sale of the Chrome Browser or Android.]
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-wins-significant-remedies-against-google
Blair Ivey asked: “What happened to ‘Don’t be evil?’”
The word “Don’t” got dropped during the employee handbook printing run, and no one remembered to tell the employees that the directive was the opposite of what was in the handbook.
Thus, “Don’t be evil” turned out to be an advertising slogan and was not followed by the employees.
[I must now apologize to my friends who work at Google, for my mean spirited, sarcastic comment.]