Wednesday, July 24

Google algorithm censorship: blocking political viewpoints

Two years ago Google announced changes to the search engineering  to prevent the access of "conspiracy theories" - whatever they mean by this expression - and fake news (who judges what is fake news?)
The old excuse of "protecting the citizens" is showing its real purpose that is not even necessary to describe.
There is more under this good deed:

New Google algorithm restricts access to left-wing, progressive web sites
By Andre Damon and Niles Niemuth   27 July 2017
(Excerpt)
...."Just last month, the European Commission fined the company $2.7 billion for manipulating search results to inappropriately direct users to its own comparison shopping service, Google Shopping. Now, it appears that Google is using these criminal methods to block users from accessing political viewpoints the company deems objectionable."...
Entire article here.

This blog you're reading has already disappear in 2011. Both my blogs and google accounts were unavailable despite the fact that it is a diverse blog that approaches politics occasionally when the subject is too serious:
They appeared after the complaint above.
Now this blog who once had a certain number of visitors,especially about Art that is it's main topic, disappeared from the search.  I don't claim it was a huge success but it was far better from what is happening now.
Google used to put on the search all my posts. 
It has stopped. 
I don't want to become a success but blogs are still important as a tool to raise the questions, subjects and viewpoints not possible to find on the mainstream media.
But that's all right. What is being done to some YouTube channels is appalling. We keep going anyway.