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Google will censor just about anything if a government asks them to and claims it's for national security. Hell, they even do it for the uber-rich independent o
by arca_vorago 10y ago
Google will censor just about anything if a government asks them to and claims it's for national security. Hell, they even do it for the uber-rich independent of government.
- Cieplak 10y agoI'm pretty sure that any US person or organization that doesn't comply with matters supposedly pertaining to national security will go the way of Joe Nacchio and Qwest.
- losteverything 10y agoWhat. A telcon guy or gal here???
- tunap 10y agoFife Symington concurs. Although, "security" has nothing to do with it. You are either "in" or you're "out". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife_Symington#Second_term_.281995.E2.80.931997.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife_Symington#Second_term_.28...
- rdtsc 10y agoThen in case of countries, those which allow Google to operate on their territory will often threaten Google to prevent it from operating there if Google doesn't censor certain parts. Here is a list of known censored bits on satellite maps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_map_images_with_missing_or_unclear_data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_map_images_with_miss...
- burkaman 10y agoPretty sure you don't need to be uber-rich. Anyone can get their house censored if they ask nicely.