Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers
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Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers
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#2When specific movies were poorly reviewed on Rotten Tomatoes, apparently because they thought they were not genuine,the company pulled the reviews.
This is no different. I seriously doubt most of them are genuine and instead a way to post political commentary inappropriately.
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#3When specific movies were poorly reviewed on Rotten Tomatoes, apparently because they thought they were not genuine,the company pulled the reviews. This is no different. I seriously doubt most of them are genuine and instead a way to post political commentary inappropriately.
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#5When specific movies were poorly reviewed on Rotten Tomatoes, apparently because they thought they were not genuine,the company pulled the reviews. This is no different. I seriously doubt most of them are genuine and instead a way to post political commentary inappropriately.
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#6They've disabled reviews on all kinds of law enforcement locations for some time.
Examples of places that may have long-term restrictions include police stations, prisons, oceans, seas, and schools.
https://support.google.com/contributionpolicy/answer/1303613...
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#7When specific movies were poorly reviewed on Rotten Tomatoes, apparently because they thought they were not genuine,the company pulled the reviews. This is no different. I seriously doubt most of them are genuine and instead a way to post political commentary inappropriately.
Not disputing this possibility. But we should also keep in mind that the company itself has admitted in the past it has censored certain speech (for right or wrong reasons) on its platforms [0] and that it wasn't the first or the only time when it has done that. [1][2]
It has censored content for a variety of reasons, including to comply with government requests (which may very well be the case here, I don't see why it's not possible) [3]. In fact, the company has backtracked a number of it previous promises, when it positioned itself as a bastion for accurate information. [4]
I'm not trying to portray it as some kind of Big Tobacco monster, but it would be naive to believe that it's here for the benefit of anyone other than the shareholders.
[0] https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/google-admi...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_Google
[2] https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs201/projects/2010-...
[3] https://www.manchesterdigital.com/post/manchester-digital/go...
[4] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/how-google-abandoned-facts-f...
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#8My question is, are they actually deporting people efficiently? Because if they are accumulating people in these facilities, it could become dangerous. They have been dehumanizing them for months.
If there are constraints for food supplies, staff are not going to risk their jobs to keep prisoners fed.
There needs to be a law for video audits every X weeks. Or there is a real risk of starvation in some places. Some of them are for profit and the intense racial hatred is no joke.
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#9My question is, are they actually deporting people efficiently? Because if they are accumulating people in these facilities, it could become dangerous. They have been dehumanizing them for months. If there are constraints for food supplies, staff are not going to risk their jobs to keep prisoners fed. There needs to be a law for video audits every X weeks. Or there is a real risk of starvation in some places. Some of…
They need to be abolished, not reformed.
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#10Google has routinely removed respectful, factual, but low-rated reviews I've left for restaurants and other places just because someone complained. They have also cleaned up or disabled reviews for many public institutions in some (or all?) countries. Then there are cases like Germany, where even a 3-star review may be automatically removed because it's considered potentially defamatory.
I understand that ICE is a very contentious topic but this seems to happen quite often in other situations as well. It's made me value Google Maps reviews much less.