For the second time this year, Google kicked PragerU’s app from its Play Store. But MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider noted that the search giant’s quick reversal of this flagrant censorship reveals that Google has some deep concerns about its future.
PragerU reported in a Dec. 20 post on X that Google had booted its app for a supposed violation of a “Misleading Claims” policy: “Your app doesn’t provide a clear source of government information or its description lacks an easy-to-see disclaimer stating that the app doesn’t represent a government entity.” Only a few hours after this censorship, Google restored the app. Schneider attributed Google’s abrupt about-face to the censorship giant’s fear of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office and multiple existing Department of Justice (DOJ) cases against Google. Notably,…
