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Honestly, such projects keep me shivering at night. This time it is ISIS, next time it is an anti-google activist group, a political movement or what ever. If a
by patall 10y ago
Honestly, such projects keep me shivering at night. This time it is ISIS, next time it is an anti-google activist group, a political movement or what ever. If anyone should have such power, it should be the government and not a private actor. Even then it is very brave new world like. And then they even extend it to giving notice of persons who might be sympesizing with ISIS: thoughtcrime, more or less. I am avare that almost everybody is doing similar things on the net but still, this is alarming
- WhitneyLand 10y agoWhat are you talking about? You have the same power right now, just go open an AdWords account. Your fear should not be of Google it should be of money. The more of it you have the more you can get your agenda in front of people.
- makomk 10y agoYou have the power to do the same thing, far less effectively (because less money and less knowledge of AdWords), for as long as Google choose to permit you to. That's not the same power as Google have at all.
- h1d 10y agoI agree. It can potentially affect people in ways corporate want them to think. If google results are biased on some fresh field I'm mot accustomed to, I may feel that's the majority's thinking. And ISIS related researchers may be flagged to be a potential terrorist candidate.
- cromwellian 10y agoSlippery slope arguments are pretty much a corollary of Godwin's law when it comes to internet debates. We can't regulate guns right? because first it'll be a 3 day waiting period, then it'll be infinity, and next we'll have the Stasi with jackboots on our necks? Let's convict people based on what they actually do, not what they could do.