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This whole thing feels like it's going to hit Google straight in the face like a ton of bricks.

At a minimum there is some serious streisand effect potential.

> This whole thing feels like it's going to hit Google straight in the face like a ton of bricks.

Does it? I feel like Google has been doing similar stuff for a long time and nobody really cares.

I don't think so. Half of US's electorate already see Google as hypocrite. Only ones will be truly annoyed is a certain fraction of its own employees.

Computers are magic.

Half of the US electorate is completely ignorant about what's going on. The people that do know have no sway over a self-serving Congress.

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