The New Censorship
June 24th, 2016“How did Google become the internet’s censor and master manipulator, blocking access to millions of websites?”
Via: U.S. News & World Report:
Google, Inc., isn’t just the world’s biggest purveyor of information; it is also the world’s biggest censor.
The company maintains at least nine different blacklists that impact our lives, generally without input or authority from any outside advisory group, industry association or government agency. Google is not the only company suppressing content on the internet. Reddit has frequently been accused of banning postings on specific topics, and a recent report suggests that Facebook has been deleting conservative news stories from its newsfeed, a practice that might have a significant effect on public opinion – even on voting. Google, though, is currently the biggest bully on the block.
Related: How the CIA Made Google
Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links
THE internet is stuffed with garbage. Anti-vaccination websites make the front page of Google, and fact-free “news” stories spread like wildfire. Google has devised a fix – rank websites according to their truthfulness.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530102-600-google-wants-to-rank-websites-based-on-facts-not-links/
The purpose of this long US News article is revealed in the last paragraph, which concludes that govt must start regulating the internet.
But it was worth reading because I kept hearing that Google was doing some bad things, but I didn’t know what they were. Now I know some of them. Or, I know what US News claims some of them are.
I don’t want the internet vaccinated by the Ministry of Truth; I trust my own mental immune system to survive the germs of deceit. No exposure results in no natural immunity. Now who would want that for us?