How quickly you abandon free speech!Doc wrote: ↑Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:25 pmGoogle then has no expectation that it will not be sued for liable for what others post on its sites. But they do because they are supposed to be protect as a "pass through" service. BY LAW. If they aren't a pass through service then why are they protected from liable suits?
The "Good" Censor: Google decides it can no longer support free speech
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He did no such thing.Milo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:10 pmHow quickly you abandon free speech!Doc wrote: ↑Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:25 pmGoogle then has no expectation that it will not be sued for liable for what others post on its sites. But they do because they are supposed to be protect as a "pass through" service. BY LAW. If they aren't a pass through service then why are they protected from liable suits?
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Google specifically is not only censoring content, it is also controlling (should say extorting) businesses. It suppresses search results according to a ransom policy so that business sites are shown not according to relevance but according to Tha amount of ransom that they pay on a monthly basis to Google. (Unrelated to paid ads)
I'd rather be diving or flying alas for now I am on terra firma.
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In hindsight it seems obvious: only the Republican Party could bring socialism to America!
Re: The "Good" Censor: Google decides it can no longer support free speech
Hi Steve I just saw this:SteveFoerster wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:29 amDo you know what their revenue model is? Do you use it, and if so is it a good one?
What will happen is that the Feds and/or EU will shake them down, fine them a ton of money, and after that it will be business as usual, just like the Microsoft antitrust case in the '90s.Doc wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:23 amAs far as social media goes there agreement with the government is that they face no liability for what is posted on there sites by users AS LONG AS THEY ARE A PASS THROUGH MEDIUM. Clearly editing and deleting content is not a pass through. So what I am hoping is someone will start a class action lawsuit...
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WIthout violence at any rate.
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Whoa, interesting. Thanks for that. I'm starting a review of my use of social media and Google, and trying to manage it really is pretty tricky. But I think I'll give DDG a try and see whether it works for me.
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If you really want your eyes opened install NoScript. It can be a real pain sometimes because of the number of trackers on some sites that you have to go through to see the content, but that is the point of it. https://noscript.net/SteveFoerster wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:26 amWhoa, interesting. Thanks for that. I'm starting a review of my use of social media and Google, and trying to manage it really is pretty tricky. But I think I'll give DDG a try and see whether it works for me.
Also haven't tried this viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1999but FYI: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/e ... 52_C009079
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Breitbart got their hands on an internal Google report which they claim advocates for Google to give up American values of Free Speech and move to "European censorship." At first I assumed their headlines were correct as it fit nicely with my already established worldview. However while reading the report I realized the Breitbart articles were incredibly misleading and completely wrong about the report.
I have a certain notoriety among the lesser gods........
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As someone that spent a large amount of money on google, I can tell you this, it is all about $$$. Google is not my friend. And I have literally told Google that. Reports are that Google is refusing to do any work for the pentagon while build a special system for China that allows China to monitor all users of its users and who exactly they are makes me think that the Chinese government is paying more than the pentagon.lzzrdgrrl wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:06 pmBreitbart got their hands on an internal Google report which they claim advocates for Google to give up American values of Free Speech and move to "European censorship." At first I assumed their headlines were correct as it fit nicely with my already established worldview. However while reading the report I realized the Breitbart articles were incredibly misleading and completely wrong about the report.
“"I fancied myself as some kind of god....It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.” -- George Soros