Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content

Re:Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19... by acituan on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:19PM (#23225343)

> they have to act across borders.

They don’t have to, they choose to, in the name of growth.

If New York Times decided to operate in China too, deliver news in chinese about China, they would have the same problem.

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Re:Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19... by makomk on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:15PM (#23229020)

What? The New York Times does deliver news in Chinese about China. Has done for quite a while.

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Re:Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19... by 101404 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:20AM (#23235140)

Iirc NYT has been blocked in China for about 10 years, since that report about Wen Jiabao's family's money.

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Re:Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19... by acituan on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:24PM (#23229098)

Didn’t know that, thanks for chiming in. My point stands though.

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Re:Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19... by randallsquared on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @08:36AM (#23234148)

Does it? Are you just assuming that, or did you find evidence of it?

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