If only they’d blocked Disney’s acquisitions
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Yawn. We all know this stems from the open discrimination against straight white men in the hiring process
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Seeing as the tech companies have no interest in censoring based on "viewpoint" I don't see what difference this makes. Their entire existence relies on being the single point where everyone goes.
No Republicans have ever been removed solely for being Republican. People are removed for promoting violence and harassing other users.
The fact that Republicans consider violence to be a "viewpoint", and their viewpoint rather than that of a few extremists who use their name -- that worries me. A lot.
Are you doing that “rules for radicals” think where you accuse the other side of doing the exact thing you’re guilty of?
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I think we’re all worried about that, especially since Bill Gates started investing billions of dollars in vaccine production facilities.
The target audience for this doc seems to be people whose world view was shaped by the last two years of political messaging. Maybe the authors assume that most people working in tech fall into that category?
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Another factor that isn't being fully accounted for is a new SEO/marketing technique where many people are asking scripted questions publicly on sites like reddit and then stealthily providing answers that market a product or service. This leads to reddit results not being exactly authentic as well. Pretty much most online reviews cannot be trusted as we are begged to do positive reviews of companies (and when companies outright purchase positive reviews, which is also very rampant) also as a factor.
Though Google is at fault for letting their service falter to the "payola" race, many other factors are in play all across the Internet since data quality has faltered almost totally. For major-cost and non-refundable purchases I need to trust, I go to brick and mortar stores and inspect what I am buying. I am thankful not everything has shifted to an online-only model. It's going to be a very bumpy ride on the Internet until Congress and consumer protection laws wake TF up and do their job.
There have been some great posts and comments today regarding online content manipulation and censorship
The problem here being this time they can't insert themselves into the surveillance pipeline.
They're not better or worse (unless you're fine with your own Govt surveilling you but not another state), just not the status quo.