ZOMG! Google+ Witch Hunt!

[vannesh]

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I agree with you, but

[mandy_galileo]

Fundamentally, I agree with the point you make that Google is a business, G+ is their platform (their home, so to speak) and that they are free to set whatever guidelines, restrictions, requirements they wish. As with all of us, we control how we use our private property. This is something that people often forget, charging Freedom of Speech or Freedom of Expression when those freedoms apply to freedom from government restrictions. Private entities control who has access to their property or forum with only a few exceptions (such as public airwaves and electoral campaign access

Re: I agree with you, but

[vannesh]

That may be, although as I said to you yesterday, I'm not sure what products or services a First World company would be able to hawk to digital people who give different demographic information than what comprises the meat person sitting at the keyboard