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Time for some lawfare!

• DANmode 5mo ago
  The Government reviewed the Google situation on behalf of you, and on behalf of the Government, and said “data, so piss off”: https://abcnews.com/Technology/google-hit-antitrust-lawsuit-38-state-attorneys-general/story https://abcnews.com/Technology/google-hit-antitrust-lawsuit-... https://macdailynews.com/2026/02/04/u-s-files-appeal-in-google-search-antitrust-case https://macdailynews.com/2026/02/04/u-s-files-appeal-in-goog...
  • userbinator 5mo ago
    If the masses can somehow point the absolute loose-cannon that is the current President at Google, things might actually change.
    • DANmode 5mo ago
      In August 2019, Trump tweeted that Google had “manipulated” millions of votes toward Clinton in 2016 and said the company “should be sued.” Turns out that Presidents, once elected, largely do what Continuity of Government, and business interests, ask for.
      • userbinator 5mo ago
        Trump has been the least normal of them, and the increasing distrust and suspicion towards Big Tech is largely bipartisan at this point.
        • DANmode 5mo ago
          > Trump has been the least normal of them In some ways, yes. In other, major ways: a spade is a spade.
        • DANmode 5mo ago
          > suspicion towards Big Tech is largely bipartisan at this point. Largely a bipartisan talking point…not many true Wyden’s out there.
• Computer0 5mo ago
  warfare*
  • KPGv2 5mo ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawfare > Lawfare is the use of legal systems and institutions to affect foreign or domestic affairs, as a more peaceful and rational alternative, or as a less benign adjunct, to warfare.
    • bigyabai 5mo ago
      The parent is musing on the impossibility of Google being held accountable, as the government largely assents to this plan and will ostensibly use it for social control during times of protracted warfare (eg. right now).