<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>notamanager</author><text>Fun fact: Google is allowed to defend itself and is not obliged to give prosecutors all they want.
The framing of “resists giving documents” purposely makes it similar to “resisting arrest”.&lt;p&gt;Fun fact 2: the AGs are being advised by a former News Corp (read: WSJ) lawyer who also advises other google competitors (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;technology&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;texas-attorney-general-googles-new-competition-cop-says-everything-is-table&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;technology&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;texas-a...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;Fun fact 3: AGs are elected so they seek publicity, they are also corrupt: the one in Mississippi was issuing subpoenas to Google on behalf of the entertainment industry (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.techdirt.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;20141217&amp;#x2F;06353329462&amp;#x2F;attorney-general-downplays-ties-to-mpaa-despite-letter-he-sent-google-revealed-as-written-mpaa.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.techdirt.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;20141217&amp;#x2F;06353329462&amp;#x2F;attor...&lt;/a&gt;)</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Google resists demands from states in digital-ad probe</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-resists-demand-from-states-in-digital-ad-probe-11582281000</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>tylerl</author><text>Google has a long history of pushing back for on government requests for data relating to its customers, and they have years worth of history establishing that initial government requests are always overreaching.&lt;p&gt;Is anyone surprised that they&amp;#x27;d push back on requests for their own data, especially when it&amp;#x27;s run by state AGs (i.e. politically motivated) and involves turning trade secrets directly over to competitors?&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; “To date, Texas has requested, and we have provided, over 100,000 pages of information,” the spokeswoman said. “But we’re also concerned with the irregular way this investigation is proceeding, including unusual arrangements with advisers who work with our competitors and vocal complainants.&amp;quot;</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Google resists demands from states in digital-ad probe</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-resists-demand-from-states-in-digital-ad-probe-11582281000</url></story>