Google trying to tamper with election 2020

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  1. jackclee lm profile image74
    jackclee lmposted 5 years ago

    Breitbart just announced that the traffic to their website has been reduced by 99% from google searches. This is very bad for democracy. Google needs to come clean about their search algorithms.
    If this is intentional, heads need to roll...

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    2. Sharlee01 profile image83
      Sharlee01posted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I can believe that... It is so hard to find any non-bias information on Google. It is clearly a biased engine. Bing is a good search engine. You won't see NYT or WAPO turn up at top of first page. For instance, try a search on Trump's accomplishments at Bing.  Then compare it to same search at Google.

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  2. lions44 profile image92
    lions44posted 5 years ago

    Jack, it's a private company.  You might have point if they were regulated like utilities. But guess who's against that...the GOP.

    Utility-style regulation of online platforms & social media would have to be done by an act of Congress. They would then be designated a "common carrier."  Congress is not interested in going down that path because that would bring up all kinds of intellectual property concerns with disclosure and would lead to an assortment of new regulations. A majority of Dems and the GOP don't support this regulation.

    Breitbart has been bleeding ad revenue for years. They have a bigger problems than Google algorithms.

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  3. Readmikenow profile image82
    Readmikenowposted 5 years ago

    Google is a monopoly who should be treated as one and subject to anti-trust laws.  Many other companies in history have been broken a part because they were a monopoly.  Anybody remember Bell telephone?

    "THE MONOPOLY-BUSTING CASE AGAINST GOOGLE, AMAZON, UBER, AND FACEBOOK

    "AntitrustAntitrust crusaders have built up serious momentum in Washington, but so far, it’s all been theory and talk. Groups like Open Markets have made a strong case that big companies (especially big tech companies) are distorting the market to drive out competitors. We need a new standard for monopolies, they argue, one that focuses less on consumer harm and more on the skewed incentives produced by a company the size of Facebook or Google."

    https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/5/17805 … r-facebook

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