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"Fake news" is something that is a lie and not true. Examples, the recent "fake news" story that the Clinton Foundation suddenly moved $1.8 billion dollars to Qatar, or the "fake news" story that singer Lil Wayne was killed.
I would prefer to use my own judgment when deciding if a source of news is legitimate or not, but the fact is, Google is not a government agency, and if they choose to censor content, they are within their rights to do so, just as you are within your rights to not use their services anymore.
First of all, I would caution people about seeing this as a partisan issue.
The media worked to undermine Bernie Sanders as well as Trump.
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Originally Posted by chad3
"Fake news" is something that is a lie and not true. Examples, the recent "fake news" story that the Clinton Foundation suddenly moved $1.8 billion dollars to Qatar, or the "fake news" story that singer Lil Wayne was killed.
Should Google report news that is fabricated, lies, and not true?
If Google is doing news reports, and chooses not to report on fake stories, that's fine.
If they are going to decide what is, and isn't news, and suppress anything that they choose to deem as "fake news" by removing it from their search results, or removing it from Youtube, then that is a serious problem.
First of all, I would caution people about seeing this as a partisan issue.
The media worked to undermine Bernie Sanders as well as Trump.
If Google is doing news reports, and chooses not to report on fake stories, that's fine.
If they are going to decide what is, and isn't news, and suppress anything that they choose to deem as "fake news" by removing it from their search results, or removing it from Youtube, then that is a serious problem.
The policy doesn't affect search results. It has to do with restricting advertising.
First of all, I would caution people about seeing this as a partisan issue.
The media worked to undermine Bernie Sanders as well as Trump.
If Google is doing news reports, and chooses not to report on fake stories, that's fine.
If they are going to decide what is, and isn't news, and suppress anything that they choose to deem as "fake news" by removing it from their search results, or removing it from Youtube, then that is a serious problem.
I believe Google has the right to remove "fake news" stories from Google news pages.
But if Google was to remove (any) legal video from a place like Youtube or search results I would call that an assault on our democracy and freedom.
It seems we agree on this issue 100%, why are we arguing?
Last edited by chad3; 11-16-2016 at 10:10 PM..
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