Google Removes ‘Pirate’ URLs from Users’ Privately Saved Links::undefined

  • tomich@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It’s not on bookmarks. Is on collections(a different thing) that are public, shareable and technically hosted by Google. This whole thing has been overblown by not fact checking.

    • Grimy@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It deleted them from public and private collections.

      If google was taking out mentions of Tiananmen Square at China’s request, would you be okay with it?

      • mac@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        That’s a giant leap and massively different.

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          1 year ago

          Both are blatant forms of censorship, one is extreme but the principal is the exact same.