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Am I reading this right? There is a list of censored words that applies across all google products, but only google employees can access it? Anyone at google w
by TechBro8615 6y ago
Am I reading this right? There is a list of censored words that applies across all google products, but only google employees can access it?
Anyone at google want to be a whistleblower and share this list?
- crocodiletears 6y agoThis would be an incredible public service. While I believe Google is within its right to censor information on their platforms, the opacity with-which they do it is imo unacceptable, given the scale of their influence on the public dialogue. Similarly, I think any media conglomerate should be required to publish any formal lists of in-house gag-orders.
- TechBro8615 6y agoIronically, it was google that first innovated along these lines with their “chilling effects” project. Any time a URL was removed via a copyright complaint, they would log it. If a search result was censored, you could see the copyright complaint. I’m not sure if they still do this.
- rnotaro 6y agoYes it does! They send the Chilling Effect report by email now though so you need to drop your email to received the list of DMCA'ed URIs.