COVID is NOT a political issue. It's an existential issue. With this, Google has just stated that it is completely fine to be a platform for insanely dangerous propaganda. Fuck this place. Has anyone caught wind of when these demons are moving to Earth 2 to leave us the fuck alone?
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2025
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Google is very sorry for pulling down COVID misinfo and pledges never to use outside fact-checkers
(www.theregister.com)
They will make sure the earth is basically Wall-E before they leave though.
I appreciate the sentiment, but the reality is that people have to stop using it.
No more google search, no more gmail, no more android, no more youtube, no more google maps.
I have largely stopped using their services, and its a pain. Getting the majority to stop using them? I just dont know how much worse they can be and yet people still use it.
Earth 2? What do you think they want Greenland for?
No they're not.
"Waaah, we were forced to tell the truth and stick to facts. Please oh please, Republicans, allow us to continue lying and misnform the public!"
I mean I'd wager it's more simple than that, really.
"Look, we have to stop denying these available revenue streams especially when they produce more money than facts and verifiable information. We're just leaving money on the table, damn it! Who cares about the consequences as long as we can increase profits!"
Occam's Razor confirms this.
No additional assumptions required, just normal revenue seeking.
Note. The government requested YouTube to take down content, YouTube decided that the content didn't violate their policies, and made an independent decision.
They say so in (8) in the letter (PDF)
This is not the same as the FCC threatening ABC with their license.
Google should go fuck itself.
Fuck useless pile of shit masquerading as a company. I flush more useful things down the toilet every time I take a shit.
This about that headline for a moment. GOOGLE doesn't have enough information to fact check misinformation. Instead they need to rely on an outside fact checker.
If you’re that fucking dumb, you shouldn’t have people’s information
Fuck Google. Fuck meta. Fuck big tech!
Apparently, issuing an apology or claiming a mistake, is the new get out of jail free card, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO...and that Apparently goes for any tech giant, Yellow media platforms, or wait for it...Countries..gotta love what the world turned into
I wonder what's next... Flat earth? Chemtrails? I guess paracetamol is a given.