Despite my first thoughts to the contrary, I don’t think it’s really about censorship or failure of gatekeepers (or algorithms) to understand satire. This, after I recently endured a 3-day Facebook ban for posting satirical content from the “pov” of conservatives (I literally re-posted word for word what a conservative had posted in one of the forums I moderate). Facebook, 2 days later, repealed the decision, I suppose after human review.
I think what’s going on is that Tim Cook and Apple are maneuvering through Trump’s political minefield, vis a vis the ongoing Trade War with China; Google has very little in that dog race.
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Sure, one could also argue the evils of Apple being politicially cynical douchebags to shave off 5¢ per iPhone built by oppressed and wildly underpaid Foxconn employees.
