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What confuses me most about the constant google bashing is that google is the one of the big companies that actively uses it's ressources to go against disinfor

by froh 5y ago

What confuses me most about the constant google bashing is that google is the one of the big companies that actively uses it's ressources to go against disinformation, at least when it comes to science (COVID-19) or politics (no political microtargetting e.g. on YT) https://blog.google/technology/ads/update-our-political-ads-policy/ https://blog.google/technology/ads/update-our-political-ads-... Why is Google bashed so much more than FB or Amazon (product disinformation)?

pyrale 5y ago
> Why is Google bashed so much more than FB or Amazon I would attribute that to personal feelings and confirmation bias. Facebook has received a lot of negative press coverage in recent times, for their help to nationalist parties in India, their behaviour in Myanmar, Burma, for their mishandling of fake news in the US and Europe, etc. They've also been at the heart of multiple legislative investigations in the US and abroad. Comparatively, Google has received little backlash and attention for their own misdeeds.