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i don't agree. Google ranks, but shouldn't be allowed to treat one group unfairly. For example, google shouldn't be allowed to downrank one ethnicity and prefer
by LeanderK 8y ago
i don't agree. Google ranks, but shouldn't be allowed to treat one group unfairly. For example, google shouldn't be allowed to downrank one ethnicity and prefer another. Similiar, google shouldn't be allowed to "forcefully" downrank one's blog, just because it doesn't like some thoughts about sexuality (I don't know if it does though).
It's not that google has the total freedom to adjust the search-ranking like it sees fit.
I don't know how the law is implemented, but I bet they have a good definition what illegal discrimination actually is. For example, I don't think google would be allowed to rank results (or, as you say it, discriminate) based on gender.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoThe comment I responded to explicitly states that "discrimination for _any_ reason is illegal". That doesn't work and can't work; it's not even meaningful. By that standard, the existence of Google is, in itself, criminal.
- LeanderK 8y agoah ok, then I've misunderstood your comment :)
- seba_dos1 8y agoNo, it isn't. You're just using the wrong meaning of an overloaded word. Definition of discrimination 1a : prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment racial discrimination b : the act, practice, or an instance of discriminating categorically rather than individually 2 : the quality or power of finely distinguishing the film viewed by those with discrimination 3a : the act of making or perceiving a difference : the act of discriminating a bloodhound's scent discrimination b psychology : the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discrimination https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discrimination)