Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles
by yaris on Friday December 24, 2021 @01:59PM
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Basically this is exactly ehat they do. FBK (Anti-Corruption Fund) is declared ”extremist organization” in Russia for it discloses corruption among Russian gov-t and top administration. And Google is guilty of not removing information from/about FBK.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles
by FpUser on Friday December 24, 2021 @02:13PM
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Well that sucks of course.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles
by joedoejr on Friday December 24, 2021 @02:04PM
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The groups that designates as extremist or terrorist include FBK and Projekt.media who exposing corruption and war crimes of Russia rulers and their oligarch walkets.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles
by throwaway21_ on Friday December 24, 2021 @07:22PM
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So something like Assange.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles
by lostmsu on Friday December 24, 2021 @07:34PM
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Yes, except US government does not try to order Google to delist Wikileaks. And has not tried to poison the man. AFAIK.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles
by throwawaylinux on Friday December 24, 2021 @08:37PM
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Hillary Clinton inquired about murdering him with a drone. I'm sure many others were thinking it or saying it. And America has had other people (including its own citizens) executed outside the judicial system.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles
by FpUser on Friday December 24, 2021 @08:40PM
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It prefers drones. Or ruins whole nations killing a scores in a process. I wonder what the victims would tell giving a chance.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles
by dsabanin on Friday December 24, 2021 @09:56PM
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Nothing like Assange. All FBK sources are open databases and registries. The corruption in Russia is that obvious.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles
by janeroe on Friday December 24, 2021 @02:26PM
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> Assuming they're not marking legitimate discussions as extremists.
Which they do. They're fining Github (threatening to block it) for not removing a repo with "candidates without ties to the ruling party" during election. The justification is the repo was created by FBK Anti-Corruption Foundation which was declared extremist for "undermining the basis of the constitutional order". Nobody would admit it here but something equally ugly is going on with J6 stuff.
Re:Russian court fines Alphabet's Google 7.2 bln roubles
by FpUser on Friday December 24, 2021 @08:44PM
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>"They're fining Github (threatening to block it) for not removing a repo with "candidates without ties to the ruling party" during election"
Not a good example. US had Github to delist repos for political reasons as well and have no doubt what would've happened to Github had it chosen not to comply.
Personally I am against of this kind of regulation but frankly I do not see anything outrageous. Assuming they're not marking legitimate discussions as extremists.