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Not to be too glib, but not denying the Holocaust is a good proxy for quality content. "Political bias" has nothing to do with it, whether the Holocaust happen
by wcummings 10y ago
Not to be too glib, but not denying the Holocaust is a good proxy for quality content.
"Political bias" has nothing to do with it, whether the Holocaust happened is a matter of fact, not political opinion. You can't fault Google for removing disinformation.
- inimino 10y agoYou can't depoliticize history. History is inherently political. Either stating or denying historical fact is political speech. Indeed, you are being glib because this happens to be a clear cut issue. Precisely because it is a clear cut issue, it is also totally irrelevant in this particular case. The tiny minority of deniers will still be a tiny minority whether Google tweaks its search results or not. If not for some outrage-baiting journos, none of us would ever have seen or cared about these search results. The cases where this matters are precisely those where things are not so clear cut. Who do you want to define disinformation when it is not so clear? Google employees?