> Yes, but that's not punishment for communicating or publishing ideas. Exactly my point. The government has been overlooking Google's antitrust issues, and G

> Yes, but that's not punishment for communicating or publishing ideas. Exactly my point. The government has been overlooking Google's antitrust issues, and Google doesn't get immunity from that scrutiny because some GOP congressmen don't like its First Amendment-protected actions. The antitrust scrutiny (and especially its timing) may seem like a "punishment for communicating or publishing ideas," but it's really not.