from Sputnik News:

NBC News first reported that Google banned both sites for “pushing unsubstantial claims” over the movement, but Google clarified shortly thereafter that ZeroHedge had already been prohibited from the tech giant’s ad platform and that The Federalist faces a warning for a similar ban.

Davis said that “since we have temporarily removed our comment sections, and I can assure you they will be back, we are back in Google’s good graces”.

At the same time, he called the developments “a pretty terrifying example of the power that you have of the unholy union of corrupt media and monopolistic tech oligarchs”, in an apparent nod to NBC News’ alleged inquiry into the matter which ostensibly prompted Google to take action.

Davis went on to say that the attempted ban of The Federalist was “being done by people who claim to be journalists, who claim to believe in free speech and freedom of expression”.

“And it’s not just that somebody came after us […] the whiny cry-bullies of the left do this all the time to their enemies. They can’t win arguments so they try to shut them down, but to see this come from actual journalists who claim to believe in the First Amendment, that was remarkable”, he underlined.

In a separate interview with Fox Business, Federalist senior editor Christopher Bedford, for his part, said that “what I can say for certain is that NBC News changed their story and Google was very, very quick to shut it down”.

According to Bedford, the point is “whether or not Google is actually on the side of truth in this the matter or whether Google is just in retreat after a very clumsy attack”.

The developments prompted a broad public outcry on Twitter, with netizens specifically pointing to Google’s pressure on conservative media outlets.

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