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People forget this has already happened, more or less. In 2011 Google blackholed Belgium's newspapers when they got uppity. Pretty sure it happened a few times
by aristus 8y ago
People forget this has already happened, more or less. In 2011 Google blackholed Belgium's newspapers when they got uppity. Pretty sure it happened a few times before that as well.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/16/0028255/belgian-newspapers-delisted-on-google https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/16/0028255/belgian-new...
Also, many years ago, Google ghosted CNET because they didn't like their reporting. They didn't blacklist them from results, but it was an option.
https://money.cnn.com/2005/08/05/technology/google_cnet/ https://money.cnn.com/2005/08/05/technology/google_cnet/
- longstaff2009 8y agoI had missed these, thanks for sharing
- tjalfi 8y agoAnother example is that Google News ended service in Spain after a link tax was passed[0]. [0] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/enrique-dans/google-news-leaving-spain_b_6325244.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/enrique-dans/google-news-leav...