Re: Google warns AdSense users not to 'monetize' the war in Ukraine [telecom]

From	"Dave Garland" <dave.garland@wizinfo.com>
Newsgroups	comp.dcom.telecom
Subject	Re: Google warns AdSense users not to 'monetize' the war in Ukraine [telecom]
Date	2022-04-17 00:02 -0500
Organization	The Telecom Digest
Message-ID	<t3g71k$ijf$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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I cannot recall any time that this venue has even mentioned Ukrainian 
or Russian systems, and if we do, it's likely to be re technology, not 
politics or aggression. So it doesn't seem to apply to us. Discussion 
of politics not related to telecom is off-topic here. Maybe we could 
see an article on how communications via secure vs. non-secure cell or 
radio circuits impacts military operations. Whether Google's policy 
attacks free speech* or any side's propaganda** is a different 
question but need not concern us.

* only applies to government restrictions
** it is dangerous to take any side's claims as 100% truth, e.g. "we 
sunk Moskva with 2 missiles" vs. "Moskva had a fire".

***** Moderator's Note *****

What concerns me is not Google's actions vis-à-vis the Russia-Ukraine
conflict, but the precedent. Mega-corporations have been trying to
bypass government restrictions on their operations for decades, and
Google's decision to tax any opinion about the Russion-Ukrainian war
that they don't agree with is, AFAICT, just a trial balloon. If our
government can't act - and I don't think it can - then Google can
define any opinion other than its own as being unjust and/or racist,
mysogynistic, or against unspecified rules.

This is the beginning of a return to a new copy of the Hearst empire,
and to a world where Billionaires decide what is best for us. You
heard it here first.

Bill Horne
Moderator

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Google warns AdSense users not to 'monetize' the war in Ukraine [telecom] Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> - 2022-04-13 20:35 +0000
  Re: Google warns AdSense users not to 'monetize' the war in Ukraine  [telecom] "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de> - 2022-04-16 20:15 +0200
  Re: Google warns AdSense users not to 'monetize' the war in Ukraine  [telecom] "Dave Garland" <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2022-04-17 00:02 -0500

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