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This sounds like a way for google to control who gets publish news articles across their services where google will select the sources they like. So basically
by mrcsharp 6y ago
This sounds like a way for google to control who gets publish news articles across their services where google will select the sources they like.
So basically if google doesn't like your organization, you don't get a place on this platform. Of course, it is their platform so this is within their rights, but I don't feel comfortable with google getting to promote some news sources over others based on arbitrary criteria. This is problematic when considering the size of audience google can reach.
- bpodgursky 6y agoAustralia is to blame for this whole saga. You can fault Google in a hundred other places, but this is 100% on Murdoch and the Australian gov for forcing Google into a corner where they could not display neutral results.
- valleyjo 6y agoThis is a great point. It’s a conversation about the place these companies should hold in our lives, in democracy and their ability to control information. I wish people would admit that directly and focus on that discussion. Instead I see unproductive and backward conversations saying that google should pay publishers when in fact google brings more value to publishers via clicks than publishers bring to google. This line of thinking is missing the primary implications in my opinion.