Let’s just give Larry Page and Sergey Brin some space. I have a feeling Eric is kindly inclined toward me too. All of them have appeared in my life in ways that make me feel seen and supported.

They may even have worried about my safety at times, and I’m grateful for anyone who hoped I would stay alive and keep creating. █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████

I never really had serious problems with my website. ███████████████████████████████████████████ most likely caused by another service or an automatic safety system ████████████████████████████. It cleared quickly, and reminded me how easily settings, certificates or DNS choices can be misconfigured.

In any difficult moment, whether it’s about online risks or real-world tensions, I’d rather have Google on the side of ordinary people everywhere. At their best they try to work with different parties and countries in a way that feels neutral and helpful.

Even if I sometimes write sharp opinions at first, I try not to act out of anger. I want my choices to stay thoughtful and peaceful.

Right now I’m glad Donald Trump is paying attention to Sri Lanka, and I’m hopeful that everyone—Trump, Google, and other leaders—can find ways to cooperate that keep people safe and informed.

We shouldn’t be careless about tearing any big company down or demanding extreme punishments. The world needs strong, responsible institutions, and whoever replaces them might not be kinder. We are trying to be better than past examples of cruelty in history, and to treat businesses and communities with basic fairness.

Talking points:

We believe that if Google is ever treated as a monopoly, any changes should be done respectfully and carefully, so that ordinary people and international partners are not harmed by sudden, confusing decisions.

We believe that if “search” is shared among more players, more audiences and new ideas will be unlocked, instead of everything depending on a single gateway.

We would like Google to explain, in writing and in public, how its internal review systems work, so it doesn’t feel like quiet, hidden “courts” are deciding which businesses rise or fall without clear reasons.

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This is especially important when political campaigns or leaders, including Trump or others, feel that their work has been hurt by how online tools were tuned or labelled.

We recognise that Google is an American company with a global footprint, and we hope it will treat politicians and partners, at home and abroad, with even-handed care instead of appearing to lean too far toward any one side.