Or annoy the Chinese government, potentially make their self-driving cars project look less perfect, make it a bit too obvious how much location tracking Google

Or annoy the Chinese government, potentially make their self-driving cars project look less perfect, make it a bit too obvious how much location tracking Google is doing, make their home security integration plans not quite so shiny, and so forth. The actual list is very clearly not just about social media, if anything the majority is topics Google has a financial interest in that don't get that much attention on the big networks.