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How would breaking up a company help censorship? Surely it's easier to censor one entity than many.
by lonelappde 7y ago
How would breaking up a company help censorship? Surely it's easier to censor one entity than many.
- asciident 7y agoDivide and conquer. They can push for one of the companies that is pro-censorship.
- CDSlice 7y agoOne the other hand, Google is so big that it could just ignore demands from smaller countries, especially when they are a small drop on the bucket in terms of revenue. Multiple small, regional companies can't afford to go against the government in their area and aren't present in other areas. Right now the only country that could actually do anything about Google is the US, but they won't because we benefit from having the number one internet search company be American. Also, the rank and file employees in Google are largely liberal and tend to make a big fuss over things like censorship. If Google is broken up a company that is more friendly to state interference could emerge and take it's place.