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http://thesop.org/story/politics/2009/11/25/outrage-google-censors-michelle-obama-monkey-pic.php http://thesop.org/story/politics/2009/11/25/outrage-google-c...
by paulhauggis 11y ago
http://thesop.org/story/politics/2009/11/25/outrage-google-censors-michelle-obama-monkey-pic.php http://thesop.org/story/politics/2009/11/25/outrage-google-c...
Google censored Michelle Obama monkey pictures. While this is in poor taste, all of the Bush monkey pics were never censored. Even worse were the results for Santorum, which I'm sure the employees of Google thought was hilarious.
More recently:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/20408-google-s-new-algorithm-modern-version-of-old-fashioned-censorship http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/20408-goog...
"The truth algorithm that Google researchers are developing will compare websites to a vast store of information the corporation has been compiling over the years"
Almost nothing in this world is black and white. When one organization decides that they have the the best version of the "truth", it's pretty scary.
Facebook also censors with political motivation:
http://dailycaller.com/2014/10/20/facebook-marks-yahoo-story-on-crowd-walking-out-of-obama-speech-as-spam/ http://dailycaller.com/2014/10/20/facebook-marks-yahoo-story...
The Obama campaign even used spam techniques during the campaign:
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2012/10/03/obama-to-supporters-spam-facebook-twitter/ http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2012/10/03/obama-to-...
Facebook allowed it during his campaign, but have since changed the rules. If anyone else did this, the campaign would have been shut down immediately.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised, since Zuckerberg even tried to get his employees to read the propaganda filled book by the Chinese president:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/12/08/why-does-mark-zuckerberg-want-facebook-employees-to-read-the-chinese-presidents-book/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/12/08...
It's just more examples of political leaders being in bed with our media companies. Everybody talks about corruption and the 1%, but nobody seems to care about this.