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It seems to be okay for google to get political, lobbying politicians and writing them cheques in the premise of getting backhand favours.

• ttonkytonk 8y ago
  .. Which is accepted practice for companies in general. But why?
  • pmiller2 8y ago
    Because the Supreme Court decided that the legal fiction that corporations are people extends giving them free speech rights. Tellingly, money counts as speech in America.
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  • SamReidHughes 8y ago
    Would they qualify for freedom of the press if they renamed themselves to The Google Times?