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On the contrary. Those sites are still free to say what they want. Google is not censoring their freedom of speech. But freedom of speech also means you can't
by Falkon1313 3y ago
On the contrary. Those sites are still free to say what they want. Google is not censoring their freedom of speech.
But freedom of speech also means you can't compel someone to say something they don't want to say. That's not censorship, that's freedom. You can't force Google to rebroadcast that message.
And if you think that's the first or only thing they choose not to show, you must be very new. Otherwise you'd've noticed by now that your search results aren't all full of child porn and other garbage. Google isn't forced to show that to you.
If you want to see things that Google doesn't show, you're free to find it by other means.
- bippihippi1 3y agothe analogy to compelled speech is a little weak, since google doesn't claim ownership of any speech they display, and since google search is an effective monopoly on information discovery. it's more like an isp choosing not to serve certain traffic. but yeah, google isn't a common carrier. There are things that I would also censor, but I wouldn't prevent someone from saying russian propoganda on my street, because I can walk away. If anything individuals should have more ability to censor their own google results, because that's like, someone speaking inside my home.
- jonhohle 3y agoWhen does that freedom (which I agree they have) run afoul of Title II responsibilities that Google currently enjoys? When Google suppresses results for things that don’t align with their political or cultural perspective, are they still a common carrier?