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Sen. Cruz Slams Google for Election Advertisement Censorship in Letter to CEO | Ted Cruz | U.S. Senator for Texas

Noting that “it has become increasingly clear that Google has turned its back on American principles of free speech in favor of a robust censorship regime,” Sen. Cruz requested the company provide the Subcommittee on The Constitution response to questions clarifying their announced policy, especially with regards to how the policy might impact upcoming run-off and special elections.

Read the full text of the letter here and below.

via www.cruz.senate.gov

Why Google is doing this is unclear. It certainly doesn’t seem like it profit-maximizing. Maybe the inmates have taken over the asylum in the sense that this is the google employees acting against the s/h interests?