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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by rdtsc on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:47PM (#23225776)
It is not just monopolistic control of their specific areas of interest. They have had pretty tight integration with the State Department, especially under the previous administration, getting involved in negotiations and all kinds of affairs: https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems

(quote from there):

> Google is getting WH [White House] and State Dept support and air cover. In reality they are doing things the CIA cannot do . . . [Cohen] is going to get himself kidnapped or killed. Might be the best thing to happen to expose Google’s covert role in foaming up-risings, to be blunt. The US Gov’t can then disavow knowledge and Google is left holding the shit-bag.14

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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by dylan604 on Monday May 18, 2020 @02:32PM (#23226514)
Are you saying the document quoted is not real? Sure, the scruples of the site may not be in alignment with yours, but if the data is valid...
Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by NathanKP on Monday May 18, 2020 @03:42PM (#23227423)
Wikileaks has a rather infamous history of overstating the significance and meaning of the leaks they publish in ways that is straight up misinformation, or borderline misinformation. I'd take anything they say with a serious grain of salt.
Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by rdtsc on Monday May 18, 2020 @03:37PM (#23227362)
What is a better source? Can you show some examples?