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That's pretty amazing if true. Eric Schmidt and Google seemed to be pretty firmly behind the Clinton campaign in 2016

by harryf 9y ago

randomname2 9y ago
Alex Karp (CEO of Palantir) was aligned with the Clintons and had discussions about working with the Clinton campaign: [1] https://gizmodo.com/just-to-be-clear-i-totally-agree-i-like-hrc-and-she-ha-1788613085 https://gizmodo.com/just-to-be-clear-i-totally-agree-i-like-... [2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3907562/Joe-Klani-Masimo-Alex-Karp-Palantir-paid-100-000-140-000-meetings-Bill-Clinton-leaked-memo-reveals.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3907562/Joe-Klani-Ma...
apotheothesomai 9y ago
And children have the same beliefs and motivations as their parents? What reason do we have to believe that Sophie executes her father's will or even agrees with his views on various issues? She has a career and life of her own, I'd wager.
- stagbeetle 9y ago
  You don't get to live under daddy's roof unless you're following his rules. If you rise into the same industry as your father, with your career-minded father guiding you along the way, you're not off scot-free when you've "paid your dues." You can take the entire Trump lineage for a very notable and public example. Trump Sr. held Trump Jr. under his thumb, Trump Jr. holds Ivanka et al. under his thumb. As long as the person that helped you get to where you are today is still in "power," you're indebted until he loses his throne. Hollywood is another example.
throwaway84742 9y ago
Why “amazing”? They’re arms dealers, selling your privacy to both sides. It ensures the product is in demand, and makes it more desirable.
api 9y ago
It's pretty common for people to play both sides so as to be ingratiated to whomever wins.
throwaway84742 9y ago
Their CFO, Ruth Porat, publicly wept at the weekly company meeting when Clinton lost. Google also heavily censored their otherwise automatic search autocomplete so it doesn’t bring up negative suggestions for HRC. No such courtesy was afforded to Trump. Bing, to their credit, did not censor either.
- forapurpose 9y ago
  Can you back this up with sources that others will find credible? This topic really doesn't need more loose claims.
  - throwaway84742 9y ago
    For autocomplete you can find plenty of evidence. For Google TGIF, that’s what I heard from googlers over some beers, so that claim will have to remain, as you put it, “loose”. It would be kind of strange if there was an official Google PR confirmation for something like that.
  - aioprisan 9y ago
    Of course not, it's all conspiracy theory BS
- obmelvin 9y ago
  Not refuting your specific claim about Clinton autocompletes as I don't know either way, but in general Google removes autocompletes that are negative. some examples: http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/jun/23/andrew-napolitano/did-google-adjust-its-autocomplete-algorithm-hide-/ http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/jun/23/... [I wrote the first sentence before finding the link. I just knew that from previous experience searching people who have been prosecuted for crimes]
jdavis703 9y ago
I worked at a small Beltway Bandit-style federal contracting firm. The CEO bragged to me that he was the Democrat and his wife was the Republican in their relationship. His wife gave to Republican candidates. He gave to Democrat candidates. Through their duplicitous actions they could be assured they always had a seat at the table, but had plausible deniability that they were apolitical mercenaries just buying a seat at the table. My point, money is what most of these politicians actually care about.

That's pretty amazing if true. Eric Schmidt and Google seemed to be pretty firmly behind the Clinton campaign in 2016

by harryf 9y ago

That's pretty amazing if true. Eric Schmidt and Google seemed to be pretty firmly behind the Clinton campaign in 2016

Alex Karp (CEO of Palantir) was aligned with the Clintons and had discussions about working with the Clinton campaign: [1] https://gizmodo.com/just-to-be-clear-i-totally-agree-i-like-hrc-and-she-ha-1788613085 https://gizmodo.com/just-to-be-clear-i-totally-agree-i-like-... [2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3907562/Joe-Klani-Masimo-Alex-Karp-Palantir-paid-100-000-140-000-meetings-Bill-Clinton-leaked-memo-reveals.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3907562/Joe-Klani-Ma...

apotheothesomai 9y ago

And children have the same beliefs and motivations as their parents? What reason do we have to believe that Sophie executes her father's will or even agrees with his views on various issues? She has a career and life of her own, I'd wager.

stagbeetle 9y ago
You don't get to live under daddy's roof unless you're following his rules. If you rise into the same industry as your father, with your career-minded father guiding you along the way, you're not off scot-free when you've "paid your dues." You can take the entire Trump lineage for a very notable and public example. Trump Sr. held Trump Jr. under his thumb, Trump Jr. holds Ivanka et al. under his thumb. As long as the person that helped you get to where you are today is still in "power," you're indebted until he loses his throne. Hollywood is another example.

throwaway84742 9y ago

Why “amazing”? They’re arms dealers, selling your privacy to both sides. It ensures the product is in demand, and makes it more desirable.

api 9y ago

It's pretty common for people to play both sides so as to be ingratiated to whomever wins.

throwaway84742 9y ago

Their CFO, Ruth Porat, publicly wept at the weekly company meeting when Clinton lost. Google also heavily censored their otherwise automatic search autocomplete so it doesn’t bring up negative suggestions for HRC. No such courtesy was afforded to Trump. Bing, to their credit, did not censor either.

forapurpose 9y ago
Can you back this up with sources that others will find credible? This topic really doesn't need more loose claims.
- throwaway84742 9y ago
  For autocomplete you can find plenty of evidence. For Google TGIF, that’s what I heard from googlers over some beers, so that claim will have to remain, as you put it, “loose”. It would be kind of strange if there was an official Google PR confirmation for something like that.
- aioprisan 9y ago
  Of course not, it's all conspiracy theory BS
obmelvin 9y ago
Not refuting your specific claim about Clinton autocompletes as I don't know either way, but in general Google removes autocompletes that are negative. some examples: http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/jun/23/andrew-napolitano/did-google-adjust-its-autocomplete-algorithm-hide-/ http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/jun/23/... [I wrote the first sentence before finding the link. I just knew that from previous experience searching people who have been prosecuted for crimes]

jdavis703 9y ago

I worked at a small Beltway Bandit-style federal contracting firm. The CEO bragged to me that he was the Democrat and his wife was the Republican in their relationship. His wife gave to Republican candidates. He gave to Democrat candidates. Through their duplicitous actions they could be assured they always had a seat at the table, but had plausible deniability that they were apolitical mercenaries just buying a seat at the table. My point, money is what most of these politicians actually care about.