The Companies That Would Be Countries: Intimidated?
March 15, 2022
I don’t know if this PC Magazine (the super better online version from the print one that once was stuffed with ads) hit a home run with this story or not. Titled “Report: Russia Intimidated Google, Apple into Removing Smart Voting App” makes it clear that having more money that a real-life nation state does not mean that countries are useless.
The write up states:
Russia’s intelligence service, the FSB, reportedly intimidated Google and Apple into removing the Smart Voting app from their platforms because of its affiliation with Alexei Navalny.
The origin of the write up is the “trust us” real news outfit Thomson Reuters. Okay, let’s trust ‘em.
If accurate, companies that want to be countries can generate big bucks, but some countries can intimidate unlike a basic Congressional hearing.
Stephen E Arnold, March 15, 2022
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