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> ... only countries I expect cloud providers to not deal with It is not about Google "not dealing with Russia". It's about Russia threatening to ban Google, i
by galaxyLogic 5y ago
> ... only countries I expect cloud providers to not deal with
It is not about Google "not dealing with Russia". It's about Russia threatening to ban Google, if it allows certain apps, certain free speech, to be downloaded from its app-store.
- dekhn 5y agoisn't it their right to do so? They're a sovereign country with rule of law. Google's job is not to defend the free speech rights of individuals in sovereign countries.
- galaxyLogic 5y agoNobody's asking Google to do something but rather to NOT do something. Hey Google, do NOT ban the pro-democracy app from your app-store. Google, you don't need to do anything, just don't do something that suppresses free speech. Google is taking explicit action to suppress democracy, by removing a pro-democracy app from their app-store. What will they do next? Remove all news critical of Putin from Google's search-results?
- dekhn 5y agonot banning the app would be a direct violation of the law. what they are doing is complying with the local legal system. if google doesn't want to be in that biz, they should leave the country or find a way to elect a different leader.
- galaxyLogic 5y ago> not banning the app would be a direct violation of the law. I don't think so. Russia can't dictate what kind of free speech Google can serve from its servers in United States can it? Or has Russian law taken over United States already?