Holding Google to Its Promise: "Don't Be Evil"
Google acknowledges human intervention in search results
The Register reports: "Google this week admitted that its staff will pick and choose what appears in its search results. It’s a historic statement -- and nobody has yet grasped its significance ...
"Make no mistake, Google is moving into new territory: not only making arbitrary, editorial choices -- really no different to Fox News, say, or any other media organization. It's now in the business of validating and manufacturing consent: not only reporting what people say, but how you should think.
"Who's hand is upon the wheel, here?"
(HT: Alliance Defense Fund, via Jonathan Blundell)
"Make no mistake, Google is moving into new territory: not only making arbitrary, editorial choices -- really no different to Fox News, say, or any other media organization. It's now in the business of validating and manufacturing consent: not only reporting what people say, but how you should think.
"Who's hand is upon the wheel, here?"
(HT: Alliance Defense Fund, via Jonathan Blundell)
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