> I don't give a shit what Google has to say [...] I do care is what the laws actually are Well this time it happens to be one and the same. > When it's legal

> I don't give a shit what Google has to say [...] I do care is what the laws actually are Well this time it happens to be one and the same. > When it's legal to do it against one political classification of persons, but it's illegal to do it against another one... That is a big freaking problem. That's exactly what the laws say. And for good reason most times. Here's [0] a handy guide for people who care about what the laws are just slightly less than they care about their own personal opinion. It will hopefully help you understand that what you consider to be "logical" or "common sense" is not necessarily accurate. I highlighted the parts which make the laws very targeted ("one political classification of persons"): > "There are laws that criminalize speech because of the particular content of that speech. The prohibited content differs widely: in some jurisdictions speech that incites hatred or is insulting about certain groups is penalized. Other common prohibitions are on speech which denigrates a person’s or a nation’s “honour” or “dignity”. There may also be restrictions on specific historical subjects, the most notable being laws which prohibit Holocaust denial or glorification of Nazi ideology. This category of speech regulation is described as “hate speech”." Here's [1] another handy piece of info, the EU is extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime. But... Hate speech laws do open the door for abuse. What's hate speech today because the target is legitimately vulnerable, can be abused by a not so vulnerable group tomorrow (politicians incriminating any kind of attack on them). Then again you always have to rely on the regime applying the laws to not abuse them. This doesn't change the fact that as it stands today Google has it pretty accurate but your understanding of the situation and reasoning behind it is lacking. [0] https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/3/e/36426.pdf https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/3/e/36426.pdf [1] https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/communication-extending-eu-crimes-hate-speech-and-hate-crime_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/communication-extending-eu-c...