From: dave.garland@wizinfo.com   
      
   I cannot recall any time that this venue has even mentioned Ukrainian   
   or Russian systems, and if we do, it's likely to be re technology, not   
   politics or aggression. So it doesn't seem to apply to us. Discussion   
   of politics not related to telecom is off-topic here. Maybe we could   
   see an article on how communications via secure vs. non-secure cell or   
   radio circuits impacts military operations. Whether Google's policy   
   attacks free speech* or any side's propaganda** is a different   
   question but need not concern us.   
      
   * only applies to government restrictions   
   ** it is dangerous to take any side's claims as 100% truth, e.g. "we   
   sunk Moskva with 2 missiles" vs. "Moskva had a fire".   
      
   ***** Moderator's Note *****   
      
   What concerns me is not Google's actions vis-à-vis the Russia-Ukraine   
   conflict, but the precedent. Mega-corporations have been trying to   
   bypass government restrictions on their operations for decades, and   
   Google's decision to tax any opinion about the Russion-Ukrainian war   
   that they don't agree with is, AFAICT, just a trial balloon. If our   
   government can't act - and I don't think it can - then Google can   
   define any opinion other than its own as being unjust and/or racist,   
   mysogynistic, or against unspecified rules.   
      
   This is the beginning of a return to a new copy of the Hearst empire,   
   and to a world where Billionaires decide what is best for us. You   
   heard it here first.   
      
   Bill Horne   
   Moderator   
      
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