"Don't be Evil"

[island911]

I'm certainly not shocked by this, but... the more you know.

(the topic here is search engines, NOT HRC)

[Baz]

[Baz]

[island911]

"the topic here is search engines, NOT HRC" ... you could use your Delete Post key.

But, yeah, I should have lead with...

When


Becomes

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by island911

"the topic here is search engines, NOT HRC" ...

Yea, sure it is.

Then why not start with something like this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google

Criticism of Google includes aggressive and contrived tax avoidance, alleged misuse and manipulation of search results, its use of others' intellectual property, concerns that its compilation of data may violate people's privacy, censorship of search results and content, and the energy consumption of its servers as well as concerns over traditional business issues such as monopoly, restraint of trade, antitrust, and idea borrowing.

A bit more concerning in the news has been the Chinese government and Google.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google

China
See also: Google China

Google has been involved in censorship of certain sites in specific countries and regions. Until March 2010, Google adhered to the Internet censorship policies of China,[70] enforced by filters colloquially known as "The Great Firewall of China". Google.cn search results were filtered to remove some results concerning the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, sites supporting the independence movements of Tibet and Taiwan, the Falun Gong movement, and other information perceived to be harmful to the People's Republic of China (PRC). Google claimed that some censorship is necessary in order to keep the Chinese government from blocking Google entirely, as occurred in 2002.[71] The company claims it did not plan to give the government information about users who search for blocked content, and will inform users that content has been restricted if they attempt to search for it.[72] As of 2009, Google was the only major China-based search engine to explicitly inform the user when search results are blocked or hidden. As of December 2012, Google no longer informs the user of possible censorship for certain queries during search.[73]

FYI: "Hillary ind"......................similar results Google, Yahoo and Bing.

"Hillary Clinton cr"....................Google is different (more positive) than the other two.

[onewhippedpuppy]

When you are the conduit for providing information, what keeps you from either altering said information or providing the information that your organization prefers first? Google is a for profit company, there is nothing legally binding them from being preferential. Much like watching the news, search the Internet with an open mind and make your own decisions.

[pwd72s]

Does the net influence voters? A 19 year old waitress at a restaurant Cindy & I go to:

"I'm voting for Bernie because all my facebook friends are."

Oh well...she looks great in yoga pants.

[MBAtarga]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Oh well...she looks great in yoga pants.

So where are the pics?

[stealthn]

Google IS evil

And Eric Schimdt is an ass

[Geneman]

pics or it did not happen..

[DanielDudley]

Doesn't seem to stop you from actually doing a search. Doesn't seem to alter the information that you gain access to when you do a search.

But no, Google is no longer the flavor of the month for many people. Still, these are very small potatoes. Cooking them in a glass pan full of water makes them appear bigger.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

When you are the conduit for providing information, what keeps you from either altering said information or providing the information that your organization prefers first? Google is a for profit company, there is nothing legally binding them from being preferential. Much like watching the news, search the Internet with an open mind and make your own decisions.

This...

& this.

Originally Posted by DanielDudley

Doesn't seem to stop you from actually doing a search. Doesn't seem to alter the information that you gain access to when you do a search.

But no, Google is no longer the flavor of the month for many people. Still, these are very small potatoes. Cooking them in a glass pan full of water makes them appear bigger.