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>Do you expect Google to go partisan war against Russian government? Expect? To some degree, yes, for example they do not remove "illegal" YouTube videos yet.
by Klaster_1 5y ago
>Do you expect Google to go partisan war against Russian government?
Expect? To some degree, yes, for example they do not remove "illegal" YouTube videos yet. Would like to? Absolutely.
- mavhc 5y agoI'd expect them to predict this problem and design a system where it's not a problem. They'd specifically built a system that allows them to do this
- joconde 5y agoThen Google employees would start getting arrested, and whatever would be left of Google in the country would comply anyway, achieving nothing but the imprisonment of more people. Google Russia's employees don't have diplomatic immunity.
- wwtrv 5y agoHow long would other western companies continue doing business in Russia if that started happening?
- joconde 5y agoThe most profitable choice for them is to stay in Russia and obey the government. They have no reason to leave or risk getting the same treatment as Google by disobeying.
- NoGravitas 5y agoAs long as it continued to be profitable, obviously.
- luckylion 5y ago> they do not remove "illegal" YouTube videos yet They don't? They do "remove" them in Germany, though it's typically enough to set your location to outside Germany, they're not strongly geo-fenced. I assume they do similar things in Russia. They don't need to remove them globally to be compliant with local laws, as those laws typically end at the border of the nation they're operating in.