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> Google did lose 2 EU lawsuits, 2.4B for search manipulation and 5 billion for android antitrust. > It's not an opinion about Google has tweaked its search, ju

> Google did lose 2 EU lawsuits, 2.4B for search manipulation and 5 billion for android antitrust. > It's not an opinion about Google has tweaked its search, just the scope. I think this is an example of Trump saying the right things for the wrong reason. If you just remove the 'because they don't like me' from his rhetoric, there could be a valid argument there.

IronWolve 8y ago
True, I don't think it has been proven that search results against Trump are modified. So Google could absolutely be telling the truth that they don't modify search results about him. But Google does modify its searches, we just don't know to the extent, besides the lawsuits verdicts. That was my point, you can't say they don't modify search results as a blanket statement.
- diegoperini 8y ago
  I remember someone claiming a few years ago that if you type Egypt or Middle East in different parts of the world, you are shown different results. Some vacation related, some politics related. Unfortunately I can't find it.
  - SerLava 8y ago
    That one was about personalization. If you're a political junkie, it'll tell you how many people died in a riot. If you're not, it'll tell you about the Pyramids.
- crazynick4 8y ago
  What I meant is that even if he was right with his statements entirely, even if Google did bias search results against him, his reasoning of 'they did it because they didn't like me' will drive people to side with Google because he is just blaming everyone who is against him of wrongdoing. He shifts focus from a more general issue that could have much wider effects and directs it into the Trump Vortex where everything is either pro-Trump or anti-Trump and you have to pick a side and that's what it's all about. That is why I think his rhetoric is so destructive - Trump will be gone 2-6 years from now, maybe even sooner, who knows, but Google will likely be around much longer than that.

IronWolve 8y ago

True, I don't think it has been proven that search results against Trump are modified. So Google could absolutely be telling the truth that they don't modify search results about him. But Google does modify its searches, we just don't know to the extent, besides the lawsuits verdicts. That was my point, you can't say they don't modify search results as a blanket statement.

diegoperini 8y ago
I remember someone claiming a few years ago that if you type Egypt or Middle East in different parts of the world, you are shown different results. Some vacation related, some politics related. Unfortunately I can't find it.
- SerLava 8y ago
  That one was about personalization. If you're a political junkie, it'll tell you how many people died in a riot. If you're not, it'll tell you about the Pyramids.
crazynick4 8y ago
What I meant is that even if he was right with his statements entirely, even if Google did bias search results against him, his reasoning of 'they did it because they didn't like me' will drive people to side with Google because he is just blaming everyone who is against him of wrongdoing. He shifts focus from a more general issue that could have much wider effects and directs it into the Trump Vortex where everything is either pro-Trump or anti-Trump and you have to pick a side and that's what it's all about. That is why I think his rhetoric is so destructive - Trump will be gone 2-6 years from now, maybe even sooner, who knows, but Google will likely be around much longer than that.