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ideological speech? when did Google become a content creator? they are a search engine, among other things, and they skew results against conservatives. the fac

ideological speech? when did Google become a content creator? they are a search engine, among other things, and they skew results against conservatives. the fact Google owns the most used search engine, browser, and mobile OS means they can control the content distributed through those mediums. your 1A argument is moot. nobody is telling Google what they can say, which again, they don't produce content anyway. they are telling Google to make their platforms level for all points of view. speaking of 1A, InfoWars is all i have to say about that. last thing, if you don't think conservatives are being censored on FB, Twitter, and Google... well, there's no point arguing. it's happening. DuckDuckGo it.

root_axis 8y ago
If conservatives don't like google search results they're free to use bing or any other search engine on the free market. Why would government need to step in when anyone is free to use any search engine they like?
- roenxi 8y ago
  Because the bias isn't as obvious. If one of the media majors is pushing for something political that is known and sorta expected. Anyone who cares knows that your choice of media source is potentially politically motivated. When I browse through a blog post that speaks positively of a product, I know there is a pretty decent (double-digit percentages) chance that it is a well disguised paid ad. I can at least try to factor that in to my decision making. Now with Google there is very much an assumption that they have an algorithm that applies some linear or non-linear math and comes up with a rating, sans some by-hand filtering for pornography and some other stuff that should be non-controversial to 80% of the population. If that assumption is wrong, government absolutely has a role to step in and expose that.
  - root_axis 8y ago
    > If that assumption is wrong, government absolutely has a role to step in and expose that. Why? Why can't people who are unsatisfied with the product just use a different product?

root_axis 8y ago

If conservatives don't like google search results they're free to use bing or any other search engine on the free market. Why would government need to step in when anyone is free to use any search engine they like?

roenxi 8y ago
Because the bias isn't as obvious. If one of the media majors is pushing for something political that is known and sorta expected. Anyone who cares knows that your choice of media source is potentially politically motivated. When I browse through a blog post that speaks positively of a product, I know there is a pretty decent (double-digit percentages) chance that it is a well disguised paid ad. I can at least try to factor that in to my decision making. Now with Google there is very much an assumption that they have an algorithm that applies some linear or non-linear math and comes up with a rating, sans some by-hand filtering for pornography and some other stuff that should be non-controversial to 80% of the population. If that assumption is wrong, government absolutely has a role to step in and expose that.
- root_axis 8y ago
  > If that assumption is wrong, government absolutely has a role to step in and expose that. Why? Why can't people who are unsatisfied with the product just use a different product?