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Google: Agree With our Political Opinion on Ukraine – Or Lose your Livelihood

&NewLine;<p>Once again&comma; I am fuming over big tech censorship&period; I’m not sure why I bother&comma; there is nothing I can do&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Oh&comma; wait&excl; I’m a journalist I can write about it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Google has in its policies &lpar;paraphrasing&rpar;&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;if you do not agree with OUR stance on the Russia Ukraine war&comma; we will demonetize you&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>That means if you are a professional with a decent enough following to make money at it&period; Then Google will judge your own content against the opinions of its far left censors&period; You are not allowed to express an opinion that disagrees with them or else Google will attack your livelihood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Have a look at the policy below&period; Focus on the words &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;exploits”&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dismisses”&nbsp&semi; or &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;condones”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>I’m not sure about the word &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;exploits&period;” It seems to me to mean that any writer who makes money writing about the war is subject to attacks&period;&nbsp&semi; Legal contracts often have verbiage like this&comma; weasel words that allow the lawyers to do anything they like&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dismisses” is a direct attack on free speech and free opinion in America&period; We are allowed to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dismiss” issues as unimportant&comma; much like the Biden Administration &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dismisses” the crisis at the border or &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dismisses” the millions of unborn babies killed every year&period; But apparently&comma; we are required to acknowledge the suffering and feelings of the Ukraine people at every turn and emphasize how the cause is just and we must win at all costs &&num;8211&semi; because that is how the Google censors feel&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This restriction is intolerable in the world of commentary where we explore all sides of an issue&comma; take on various opinions and generally inform the public of the nuance and complexity of every conflict&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Condones” is the worst of all&period; Google is saying that if you are not squarely in favor of Ukraine and against Russia then you will be de-monetized&period;&nbsp&semi;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchingbagpost&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;googleconsorship&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-25900"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><br>Never mind the history of the situation&comma; that NATO has absorbed a great many countries that they promised they would not&comma; that Crimea is Russia’s sole warm water navy base&comma; that parts of Ukraine are 90&percnt; Russian speakers&comma; that Ukraine has threatened Russia’s interests militarily and economically over the past couple of decades&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>To me&comma; you can disagree with the reasons that Russia has attacked Ukraine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong><em>BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE REASONS ARE&excl;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Google’s censor are attempting to prevent the American public from seeing the whole truth about a situation that affects us and the rest of the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This is as bad as China cracking down on NBA players who inadvertently call Taiwan a country&comma; or attacking independent newspapers in Hong Kong&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This is as bad as Russia arresting journalists who criticize Putin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This is as bad as Saudi Arabia assassinating a journalist for criticizing MBS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>And this is even more sinister because it is practically invisible to the public&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Can I be a dramatic&comma; patriotic America for a moment&quest; One who believes the U&period;S&period; Constitution is the most perfect illustration of free principles ever written&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Google is committing a criminal act&comma; an act of treason against America&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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