鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 天前Youtube can detect VPNs now... the fuck?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1834arrow-down119
arrow-up1815arrow-down1imageYoutube can detect VPNs now... the fuck?sh.itjust.works鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 天前message-square258fedilink
minus-squarereddifuge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·edit-217 天前Well, they need to make sure the right people are watching the right propaganda.
minus-squareBussyCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·17 天前They lobby both parties, people are just talking about the Trump donations now as he is currently in power https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/google-inc/C00428623/candidate-recipients/2024
minus-squareSaprophyte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·17 天前That only covers political donations, not outright payoffs. https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wyden-merkley-colleagues-question-youtube-google-on-potential-quid-pro-quo-settlement-with-trump-administration/
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 天前If money is speech, what is a company “saying” when it donates to both parties?
minus-squareBussyCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 天前It’s just lobbying to get their interests. They aren’t specifically pro rep or pro dem they are pro google
Well, they need to make sure the right people are watching the right propaganda.
They lobby both parties, people are just talking about the Trump donations now as he is currently in power
https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/google-inc/C00428623/candidate-recipients/2024
That only covers political donations, not outright payoffs.
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wyden-merkley-colleagues-question-youtube-google-on-potential-quid-pro-quo-settlement-with-trump-administration/
If money is speech, what is a company “saying” when it donates to both parties?
It’s just lobbying to get their interests. They aren’t specifically pro rep or pro dem they are pro google