.@apple and @Google have given in to Kremlin pressure and removed Alexey @navalny's app designed to help Russians vote for people who could beat the Kremlin-picked parliament candidates. by @antontroian and @satariano nytimes.com/2021/09/17/wor…
The fines the Russian government threatened to levy would've been ruinous, yes, but I'm old enough to remember when the motto for @Google, co-founded by Moscow-born Sergey Brin, was "Do no evil."
Apparently, the Kremlin threatened specific @Google employees with prosecution. A good summary of what @navalny's "Smart Vote" is—and how effective it has been—is here, from @meduza_en. meduza.io/en/feature/202…
More and more, the West—its leaders, its companies—are telling people fighting authoritarian regimes across the world: "You're on your own."
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