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They also threw their Chinese users under the bus and complied with the russian government as part of their war censorship.





translation: they followed local law where they operate

You can frame it like that if you want yes but they certainly aren't "resisting pressure from law enforcement".

As a side note, they do fight sometimes, they fought the EU's DMA for example, but in Russia and China, they complied without a fight though to my knowledge.


Just like Apple followed federal law installing the American backdoor for Push Notifications.

See? No laws broken, perfectly safe.


blame the governments? the people of the US is responsible for what their government does. The people of China is responsible for their government.



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