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Google has a lot of influence in what people see and read. In that way the definitely have a lot of power. "Force" doesn't have to be military, soft power[1] is
by La1n 7y ago
Google has a lot of influence in what people see and read. In that way the definitely have a lot of power. "Force" doesn't have to be military, soft power[1] is very much able to change policy, culture and views of people, and google holds more than a lot nation states.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power
- pdonis 7y ago> Google has a lot of influence in what people see and read. Google only has as much influence as individual users of their services give it.
- aprvchndrs 7y agoAnd a lot of people give Google that power. Which means Google holds a lot of soft power in the eyes of the government.
- pdonis 7y agoBut the government can't "fix" that by regulating. Governments trying to regulate things to shield people from the consequences of their own bad decisions doesn't work.