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The difference is the political nature of the process. When a search engine filters out faceboook.com from the results, I don't question the political motive of
by insickness 5y ago
The difference is the political nature of the process. When a search engine filters out faceboook.com from the results, I don't question the political motive of the company. When the same company decides for me that I don't need to see websites with information on politically polarized topics, I have a problem with it.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 5y ago"websites with information on politically polarized topics" is not the equivalent of "websites with disinformation". The former is fine the latter is not. For example, if I'm searching about vaccine information, which can be a polarizing topic, I don't want to be shown articles about how the vaccine has nanochips so that Bill Gates and George Soros can track you. Because that's blatant disinformation that should be filtered out by a good search engine. The problems of distinguishing real information from disinformation in real time is difficult, made even more difficult when the stakes are high, like an active war. But that doesn't mean it shouldn't be done, or that because there is no perfect method that no method should be used. Disinformation should be fought not embraced.