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YouTube has begun blocking opposition content at the request of the Russian authorities
(www.agents.media)
"Do no evil" really never had a chance, did it?
this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
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Following Google’s restructure as a subsidiary of Alphabet, “Don’t be evil” was removed as their motto in 2018.
They were literally like, “Fuck that. Let’s do evil.”
Good: Less money now, maybe better long term reputation and more sustainable business.
Evil: More money now, better quarterly report this quarter. Who gives a fuck about the long term.
The choice was obvious from the start. Sigh...
Pure Evil: more money now, and all the money later from crushing competition and taking over the government
Money sucks.
People suck.
Removing money doesn't stop people from being assholes.
Then again, greed and power definitely corrupts people. But if you mean all people have that potential, then yea.
Ironically it aligned pretty closely with changing their decision to not engage in this very behavior in China.
Further validation for me to never pay for stupid premium. Fuck Google
I bet their reasoning is they don't want to get involved in local "politics" but the idiots don't realize they were involved as soon as they started hosting there. Really what they're doing right now is promoting fascism and helping to prop up putin's regime by ensuring conscript dodging information isn't shared. Fucking bastards.
Google has not responded to the enquiries, but has not blocked anything either back then
But this time they did. I would speculate they blocked human rights content in return for the promise of YouTube not being blocked in Russia. I would expect YouTube to be blocked anyway, sooner or later
they go wherever there is more money
Was a time long ago when googles ethics tenet involved doing no evil.
Boycott google!
Didn't they refuse to do this in China?
Back when they had a shred of ethics left. But then they decided they like money more than their motto, changed their motto, and yielded to China.
They need a clear warning like this for all countries
@LaFinlandia Damn, I hope this is just in Russia at least...
We do need decentralized platforms to avoid this, but managing them by the said outlets might prove too hard for them...