Google. Pineapple. Assembly.
Google. Pineapple. Assembly.
as the Loverly Headmistress said
how much power does a company that disseminates almost half of the country’s word search results command over the opinions of our growing population, and what protections exist against abuses of such overreaching power?
How does such a company put itself in the position of grand arbiter over what is and what is not “hate speech,” or content otherwise objectionable?
And, doesn’t this obvious gray area give such a company the unilateral ability to squelch opinions it doesn’t agree with just by applying such a vague moniker to what might be an infinitesimally small percentage of an e-zine or web journal’s content?
Ya write a post on how come those Islamofascist bastards are trying to bring down civilization and *BANG* comes the email:
Hi Frank,
Thanks for writing. We received numerous reports about hate content on your site, and after reviewing these reports, decided to remove your site from Google News. We do not allow articles and sources expressly promoting hate speech viewpoints in Google News…
OR: Hi Rusty,
Upon recent review, we’ve found that your site contains hate speech, and we will no longer be including it in Google News. If you can guarantee that your news no longer includes hate speech, we will be happy to re-review the site for inclusion.
RiehlWorldView didn’t even get the email; nor did James Joyner of OTB. The Conservative Voice thinks Google is using ALGOREithms…
NewsBusters has much more.
Wanna know the wurst part? I’m still listed. That’s how significant this li’l blog is.
bwaaahahahahahahaaa!
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