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EA staff fear new Saudi Arabia owners will police their games: "Projects just won't get signed because they don't align explicitly with what the Saudi government wants" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] 14 points 2 months ago (8 children)

This will 100% happen. Hell, I couldn’t even leave a critical google review of a nearby middle eastern hotel because of government censorship.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Google suppression is the more prolific cause of censorship, not the least in criticisms of large firms.

    They are in effect running a protection racket. If a company pays them to not show search results, they won't show them. Ie, best buy's now since 2021 defective electronics. The only hits on social media that are even close to what you are asking for, are forums run by the manufacturers that sold you the defective merchandise.

    There is no bottom to this path we are on.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (6 children)

    That's not how it works. You can't pay Google to suppress links. You can only file DMCA take downs iirc. Please send me the link where I can go pay Google to remove information. I'll wait.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    YOU can't. I imagine large corpos have a better portal than you or I.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I've worked for large corporations. This doesn't exist. It's 100% misinformation

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    As if you would know, that you think they would let you in on that part of the business destroys your credibility in truth.

    You are either quite mistaken and not able to see through bullshit, or covering for them. I suspect the former but idk it's 2026 and mechanized influence ops are everywhere, including fully autonomous ones.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Still waiting on any proof other than "because I said so".

    Google removes billions of links yearly, these are through government laws, court rulings and DMCA. They maintain a transparency list of these removals. You don't need to bribe Google, simply have your lawyers figure out a way to have it legally removed.

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