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According to Google's censorship algorithm, Michael Osterholm's podcast (famous epidemiologist and, at the time, a member of President Biden's own gold-star cov

According to Google's censorship algorithm, Michael Osterholm's podcast (famous epidemiologist and, at the time, a member of President Biden's own gold-star covid-19 advisory panel). https://x.com/cidrap/status/1420482621696618496 https://x.com/cidrap/status/1420482621696618496 ("Our Osterholm Update podcast episode (Jul 22) was removed for “medical misinformation.”" (2021)) Most ironic thing I've ever seen. I still recall it perfectly, though it's been four years. Never, ever trust censorship algorithms or the people who control them: they are just dumb parrots that suppress all discussion of an unwanted topic, without thought or reason.

delichon 1y ago
My wake up moment was when they not only took down a Covid debate with a very well qualified virologist, but also removed references to it in the Google search index, not just for the YouTube link.
- miltonlost 1y ago
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  - delichon 1y ago
    I am not comfortable letting Google make that decision for me. You are?
    - theossuary 1y ago
      We lost that choice when google became a monopoly. What I'm not comfortable with is preventing a private company from moderating their product.
      - janalsncm 1y ago
        Your line of reasoning is mixing “is” and “aught”. The whole thread is about what aught to be. I doubt most people want Google to be a monopoly.
- barbacoa 1y ago
  Google went so far as to scan people's private google drives for copies of the documentary 'plandemic' and delete them.
  - potsandpans 1y ago
    Can you please provide evidence? I'm not saying I don't believe you. It's just... extraordinary claims etc
    - barbacoa 1y ago
      https://reclaimthenet.org/google-drive-takes-down-user-file-plandemic https://reclaimthenet.org/google-drive-takes-down-user-file-...
      - tbrownaw 1y ago
        The sounds like the particular file in question was set to public and being widely shared around. Which is rather different than scanning actual private files.

delichon 1y ago

My wake up moment was when they not only took down a Covid debate with a very well qualified virologist, but also removed references to it in the Google search index, not just for the YouTube link.

miltonlost 1y ago
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- delichon 1y ago
  I am not comfortable letting Google make that decision for me. You are?
  - theossuary 1y ago
    We lost that choice when google became a monopoly. What I'm not comfortable with is preventing a private company from moderating their product.
    - janalsncm 1y ago
      Your line of reasoning is mixing “is” and “aught”. The whole thread is about what aught to be. I doubt most people want Google to be a monopoly.
barbacoa 1y ago
Google went so far as to scan people's private google drives for copies of the documentary 'plandemic' and delete them.
- potsandpans 1y ago
  Can you please provide evidence? I'm not saying I don't believe you. It's just... extraordinary claims etc
  - barbacoa 1y ago
    https://reclaimthenet.org/google-drive-takes-down-user-file-plandemic https://reclaimthenet.org/google-drive-takes-down-user-file-...
    - tbrownaw 1y ago
      The sounds like the particular file in question was set to public and being widely shared around. Which is rather different than scanning actual private files.