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Biased news is a problem. It's not as one sided as your blinders will allow you to see, but it is a real problem that permeates most of our media. I think the current incestuous relationship our government and media have with each other violates at least the spirit of the concept of freedom of the press. Then when you factor in the fact that the media is mostly privately owned, there are fascist aspects to it.
Biased news is a problem. It's not as one sided as your blinders will allow you to see, but it is a real problem that permeates most of our media. I think the current incestuous relationship our government and media have with each other violates at least the spirit of the concept of freedom of the press. Then when you factor in the fact that the media is mostly privately owned, there are fascist aspects to it.
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This story could well be true... But Breitbart?!? really!? sigh. Cant find it anywhere else even moderately unbiased.
They've found a loophole in the 1st amendment. Privatize the primary means of communication and information gathering and you can censor it at will. It's all nice and legal like. Where's Teddy Roosevelt when you need him?
Loophole?????!!!!!?????? Clearly, your high school civics class failed you. Or you failed it.
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Anyone have a source for this that is remotely neutral?
I hate media. It could be true but I trust Breitbart as much as Huff.
In reality this is a presentation about the tough problem of allowing free expression (which is the goal) and keeping the bots, trolls, propaganda, and abuse in check so that the services don't become totally useless.
Doing nothing simply doesn't work. The trolls take over and free speech is effectively silenced because people can't have communicate over all the noise and threats.
It's really a question of what the minimum intervention is that's necessary to ensure the platforms remain useful.
I don't use Google to gather my political thought. They are also a private company and can do as they please. It's not a restriction of anyone's free speech. Also, if you don't like Google, don't use Google. Your choice.
Well I guess "homosexuals" could have gone to another bakery now couldn't they instead of one they knew didn't want to bake their cake? Having the cake and eating it too it seems.....
Yes they were denying censorship. Google also has racist hiring/promotion policies. Don’t use google.
I have boycotted Google for 10 years.
They call me 5-6 times a day with an automated voice telling me I must update my google listing or lose it.
This has been going on for over 5 years.
They were destroy yards putting in Google fiber... Not my yard. The were going to dig up my yard and put an ugly plastic box in the very center along the sidewalk. NOPE. Every night the Box was removed and the hole filled in
Breitbart must have a mole in Google. Scary sh*t! Long article with graphics so be sure to scroll down past the ads.
An internal company briefing produced by Google and leaked exclusively to Breitbart News argues that due to a variety of factors, including the election of President Trump, the “American tradition” of free speech on the internet is no longer viable.
Despite leaked video footage showing top executives declaring their intention to ensure that the rise of Trump and the populist movement is just a “blip” in history, Google has repeatedly denied that the political bias of its employees filter into its products.
But the 85-page briefing, titled “The Good Censor,” admits that Google and other tech platforms now “control the majority of online conversations” and have undertaken a “shift towards censorship” in response to unwelcome political events around the world.
When the government stops citizens from speaking their minds, I'll get excited. This is nothing more than dealing with a TOS violation by a private corporation.
You will be glad to note that Free Speech is still very much intact.
Well I guess "homosexuals" could have gone to another bakery now couldn't they instead of one they knew didn't want to bake their cake? Having the cake and eating it too it seems.....
So a bakery doesn’t have to serve all comers but Google is evil because it won’t? Make up your mind.
They've found a loophole in the 1st amendment. Privatize the primary means of communication and information gathering and you can censor it at will. It's all nice and legal like. Where's Teddy Roosevelt when you need him?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Congress. Not Google, not any private enterprise.
There are rules called Terms of Service. Google has them, Facebook has them, even City-Data has them. You violate those rules, you get put on time out. You violate those rules enough times, you get banned.
Anyone have a source for this that is remotely neutral?
I hate media. It could be true but I trust Breitbart as much as Huff.
The source for the story is a Google employee! Not good enough for you?
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