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Does anyone else find it ironic that Google (rightly) led the net neutrality fight against ISPs/carriers, with one of the complaints being potential censorship

Does anyone else find it ironic that Google (rightly) led the net neutrality fight against ISPs/carriers, with one of the complaints being potential censorship from these entities. And then they turn around and censor conservative content disproportionately, with no self awareness on perceptions of bias that it creates. It doesn't matter if section 203 requires neutrality, a giant megacorp with a monopoly on internet video needs to stay neutral. We cannot have a "rules for thee, not for me" attitude from Google. If they won't stay neutral, they need to be regulated. Section 203 needs to be scrapped, and something that guarantees 1A, while shielding platforms from culpability, needs to emerge.

tzs 7y ago
> Does anyone else find it ironic that Google (rightly) led the net neutrality fight against ISPs/carriers, with one of the complaints being potential censorship from these entities. No, because to use a transportation analogy ISPs are like buses or light rail, while websites are like the stores and offices and gathering places that you take the buses or light rail too. There would be nothing ironic about believing that a city's bus or light rail systems should be required to accept all passengers who have the fare and are not an actual danger to other passengers, while simultaneously believing that a private store or office that one might reach by bus does not have to accept everyone.
- throwGuardian 7y ago
  Why does Google feel the need to censor any conservative content? The right to censor doesn't have to culminate in actual censorship without cause. Double speak is on full display here: self certified ethical, moral, freedom loving, anti authoritarians are the first to indulge in thought policing. Moreover, this kind of censorship plays out on the daily across tech, while the companies involved lie about not being biased, with a straight face. It's all too Orwellian

tzs 7y ago

> Does anyone else find it ironic that Google (rightly) led the net neutrality fight against ISPs/carriers, with one of the complaints being potential censorship from these entities. No, because to use a transportation analogy ISPs are like buses or light rail, while websites are like the stores and offices and gathering places that you take the buses or light rail too. There would be nothing ironic about believing that a city's bus or light rail systems should be required to accept all passengers who have the fare and are not an actual danger to other passengers, while simultaneously believing that a private store or office that one might reach by bus does not have to accept everyone.

throwGuardian 7y ago
Why does Google feel the need to censor any conservative content? The right to censor doesn't have to culminate in actual censorship without cause. Double speak is on full display here: self certified ethical, moral, freedom loving, anti authoritarians are the first to indulge in thought policing. Moreover, this kind of censorship plays out on the daily across tech, while the companies involved lie about not being biased, with a straight face. It's all too Orwellian