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Big Tech companies that operate around the world have long promised to follow local laws
and protect civil rights while doing business. These two aims sometimes conflict.
When Apple and Google recently agreed to remove an app at the request of the Russian
government, it raised worries. It appears that the companies are more concerned with making
money than protecting democratic rights.The app is called Smart Voting. It was a tool for
organizing political opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin before the elections last
weekend. The ban has been sharply criticized by supporters of free elections and
democracy.Natalia Krapiva is with Access Now, an internet freedom group. This is bad news for
democracy and dissent all over the world, she said. We expect to see other dictators copying
Russias tactics.Technology companies that offer services like searches, social media and apps
have long been in conflict with less-democratic countries. Apple, Google and other large
companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook have grown stronger over the past decade. But
government efforts in many countries to use that power for their own purposes has also
grown.Sascha Meinrath is a professor at Pennsylvania State University and studies
online censorship. He said the act was a great symbol of political oppression. He added that
Google and Apple have increased the chances of something similar happening again.Neither
Apple nor Google answered interview requests from The Associated Press.Google also denied
access to documents on its online service Google Docs that listed candidates supported by Smart
Voting. YouTube blocked similar videos.
1. It appears that the companies are more making money than protecting democratic
rights.
2. Technology companies that offer services like searches, so
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