「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前Youtube can detect VPNs now... the fuck?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square243fedilinkarrow-up1826arrow-down120
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minus-squareBussyCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·5 个月前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-up19·5 个月前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-up2·5 个月前If money is speech, what is a company “saying” when it donates to both parties?
minus-squareBussyCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 个月前It’s just lobbying to get their interests. They aren’t specifically pro rep or pro dem they are pro google
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