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Censorship on Google Search, Youtube didn't start with the Russian invasion. It started with the need to counter Trump. Very scary times.

„He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.“ — Friedrich Nietzsche, book Beyond Good and Evil



It started long before Trump. Here is a list of just a few examples:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_Google


Right, but before it was done mostly secretly, with shame. Now censorship is normalized and announced proudly.


I would argue that most of it is still secret, or at least not widely known about. They're only announcing this particular censorship because it falls in line with popular current events




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