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Imagine there was an email thread on how to dampen search results for Chinese ops in Tibet or Xinjiang because to many staff from China this was offensive, would that just be swept aside? Oh, just a few employees and it never went into production...

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Wait, I thought Google will comply with Chinese censorship rules? Isn't that what "Phoenix" was all about?

That’s different. That’s about tailoring results to conform with Chinese authorities in order to operate in China.

My hypothetical example was random employees at the MTV campus emailing ideas to influence US SERPs to propagate their PoV on a political issue they have an interest in.

It's ridiculous how the exact same people going crazy over china's "digital dictatorship" will defend "digital dictatorship" here as long as it aligns with their own biases and agenda. I guess ideals and principles are not important anymore.

What's even more absurd is that people have the gall to defend this behavior on HN.

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