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@bilbo0s I’m sorry. Let me be more specific. When I refer to deplatforming I’m talking about users and opinions being banned from the plaftorms (YouTube, Twitt
by tucaz 7y ago
@bilbo0s I’m sorry. Let me be more specific.
When I refer to deplatforming I’m talking about users and opinions being banned from the plaftorms (YouTube, Twitter, FB, etc).
When I’m referring to search engine results what I’m saying is that Google is promoting a few selected sites over others based on a undisclosed criteria. The undisclosed criteria here is what makes a world of difference.
By not making it clear they are picking winners and that should not happen.
- empath75 7y agoIf you disclose the criteria, people game it. Any ‘objective’ scheme you come up with will be overrun by scammers in weeks without constant updates from google.
- tucaz 7y agoSo the solution is to give all the power to one company and hope they do well by us? Just because a problem is hard to solve it doesn’t mean that an authoritarian solution is acceptable.
- mullingitover 7y agoPerhaps we should come up with a system where people are free to use whatever search engine they like, and the government can't tell you what search engine to use, and the government can't tell the search engines what to publish. It would be so much better than the current system where we're legally required to use Google.
- pixl97 7y agoBecause Google, along with Facebook, control the advertising market. They integrate well together, but it presents a long term problem.
- mullingitover 7y agoYou forgot Amazon, but it sounds like we've moved the goalposts from free speech to fairness for advertisers now. That's an antitrust problem, not a free speech problem.
- mullingitover 7y agoOn my blog I'm free to delete any comment I like, and I'm not beholden to the government to explain why I did it. That's simply the Constitution at work. How big, in your opinion, does a publisher need to be in order for their First Amendment protections against forced speech to be stripped away?
- pixl97 7y agoRight, because your blog is tiny and meaningless. When you control the eyeballs of a country it is a different story.
- mullingitover 7y agoCan you direct me to the clause in the Constitution that limits free speech rights if you attract a big enough audience?
- pixl97 7y agoAnti monopoly laws, would be one. You can say whatever you want, you'll just have your platform split in smaller pieces to avoid harming the average individual.