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This not very different from when the Wall Street Journal published a story a few weeks back about how: "GOOGLE IS LETTING PEOPLE READ YOUR EMAILS (provided yo
by econ4all 8y ago
This not very different from when the Wall
Street Journal published a story a few weeks back about how: "GOOGLE IS LETTING PEOPLE READ YOUR EMAILS (provided you've given them the permission to do so)".
It would seem that news organizations are trying to entangle google in a cambridge analytica type of controversy, maybe thinking about the potential traffic going their way or maybe they just don't like it that the bulk of ad spending is going to Google/FB, or probably they just think it's worth publishing.
The reality is that the conflict of interest is hard to ignore and the publishing industry should consider adding disclaimers when reporting on their business rivals.
- frabcus 8y agoGoogle's a monopoly in multiple areas by any reasonable definition. So yes, I hope they are being entangled in a Cambridge Analytica type scandal. It is the job of the press to do so. Personally, I think the YouTube recommendation algorithm is a huge problem. Once everyone understands it, that will be the relevant scandal. How YouTube's recommendation algorithm makes everyone more extreme, in all directions: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/youtube-politics-radical.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/youtube-po... How YouTube's recommendation algorithm causes creation of appalling content targeted at children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EKV2nSU8w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EKV2nSU8w It is harming our society in deep and scary ways.
- econ4all 8y agoYou obviously dislike them and is willfully conflating a bunch of stuff but it's definitely not "the job of the press" to manufacture scandals.
- arminiusreturns 8y agoThe job they are supposed to do and the one they actually do are two different things.