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| Is Google Working with Liberal Groups to Snuff Out Conservative Websites? |
| 2017-08-21 |
| [PJMedia] Google revealed in a blog post that it is now using machine learning to document "hate crimes and events" in America. They've partnered with liberal groups like ProPublica, BuzzFeed News, and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to make information about "hate events" easily accessible to journalists. And now, there are troubling signs that this tool could be used to ferret out writers and websites that run afoul of the progressive orthodoxy. In the announcement, Simon Rogers, data editor of Google News Labs, wrote: Now, with ProPublica, we are launching a new machine learning tool to help journalists covering hate news leverage this data in their reporting. On the surface, this looks rather innocuous. It's presented by Google as an attempt to create a database of hate crimes ‐ information that should be available with a quick Google search, it should be noted. But a quick glance at the list of partners for this project should raise some red flags: The ProPublica-led coalition includes The Google News Lab, Univision News, the New York Times, WNYC, BuzzFeed News, First Draft, Meedan, New America Media, The Root, Latino USA, The Advocate, 100 Days in Appalachia and Ushahidi. The coalition is also working with civil-rights groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, and schools such as the University of Miami School of Communications. ProPublica poses as a middle-of-the-road non-profit journalistic operation, but in reality, it's funded by a stable of uber-liberal donors, including George Soros's Open Society Foundations and Herb and Marion Sandler, billionaire former mortgage bankers whose Golden West Financial Corp. allegedly targeted subprime borrowers with "pick-a-pay" mortgages that led to toxic assets that were blamed for the collapse of Wachovia. The Southern Poverty Law Center, of course, is infamous for targeting legitimate conservatives groups, branding them as "hate groups" because they refuse to walk in lockstep with the progressive agenda. And it goes with out saying that The New York Times and BuzzFeed News lean left. Much more at link, too much to fit it all here. |
| Posted by:Seeking cure for ignorance |
| #11 No, duckduckgo does not relay the search to Google. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 2017-08-21 13:07 |
| #10 I use DuckDuckGo for searches and couple this with Privacy Badger, which filters out trackers and other similar ilk. It learns. Worked well for me. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-08-21 11:57 |
| #9 I use duckduckgo but doesn't it simply relay the request to google? If the source is tainted... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-08-21 11:38 |
| #8 Competition is what Google needs. DuckDuckGo. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-08-21 11:36 |
| #7 Next up: This will be used as a measure for granting people's access to posting articles on the internet, being on radio or tv. For the children of course! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-08-21 11:23 |
| #6 Search engines that censors results are USELESS |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-08-21 11:06 |
| #5 I don't know much about Richard Spencer other than he has been demonized as a white nationalist by the left-wing media. However, I do agree with his statement in the article: "Authoritarianism in service of any cause leads to a slave society despite the best intentions of those who helped usher it in." In another era, this all-to-familiar poem was written: First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. The "They" can be the Progressives, Socialists, communists, the alt-left, alt-right, anarchists, Bilderbergs, etc.; whoever has authoritarian control intentions--anybody who is opposed to the freedom of the individual, i.e. the statists. My advice to those who want to manipulate and control us: "Go fvck yourselves. FOESAD!" |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-21 10:06 |
| #4 These totalitarian f...s need regulating before it's too late! Duck-Duck-Go is a must! |
| Posted by: Wizski 2017-08-21 09:18 |
| #3 Big Bro. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-21 08:54 |
| #2 This one has got me steaming. It's not just conservative websites but anyone who disagrees with the propaganda. I've seen Progressive websites on YouTube (Owned by Google) that have been censored because Google doesn't agree with their position. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-21 08:33 |
| #1 Yes, Google is building a bubble so that nobody will be able to experience anything but the reality they present. It is information totalitarianism. Switch away from Google today, and tell your friends to do so too. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 2017-08-21 03:36 |