“The company controls the flow of information and can amplify or bury stories on a whim.”
An utter crock of sh!t.
Google control ONLY the Google platforms and feeds.
Look, we are reading THIS article and Google didn’t censor it.
The NSA has to keep track of the dissenters. If you use any Google product, you can be identified. And if you don't, you are really on the suspect list.
But they can make it un findable for others
You didn't find "THIS article" on a Google search engine result, did you? Google is the internet's biggest filter of conservative information.