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Could you imagine if "youtube.com" were blocked and locked by IANA/ICANN/? because of reports that somebody posted a video with misinformation and phishing content?

I don't expect google appreciates how devastating this, but that would change quite immediately if it happened to them.

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It's almost as if, while the laws and policies and regulations are supposed to be the same for all, giant entities with huge amounts of money and power behind them are held to a different standard than everyone else. I can't say I'm surprised.

There's a parade of apologists who will quickly pop up to say that a private company platform should not be held to any free speech standard since they're not a government, never mind how much power they wield in practice.

What about when it is the government taking down a domain for hosting illegal or copyrighted content? What happens when you give the government enough power to take down a domain for political dissent? The problem you mention isn't with Google, it is with how TLDs and domain registrars work in the first place.

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