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Their CFO, Ruth Porat, publicly wept at the weekly company meeting when Clinton lost. Google also heavily censored their otherwise automatic search autocomplete
by 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 agoCan you back this up with sources that others will find credible? This topic really doesn't need more loose claims.
- throwaway84742 9y agoFor 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 agoOf course not, it's all conspiracy theory BS
- obmelvin 9y agoNot 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]