Google is very sorry for pulling down COVID misinfo and pledges never to use outside fact-checkers
Google to GOP: Biden pushed us to remove Covid misinfo
No they're not.
"Waaah, we were forced to tell the truth and stick to facts. Please oh please, Republicans, allow us to continue lying and misnform the public!"
I mean I'd wager it's more simple than that, really.
"Look, we have to stop denying these available revenue streams especially when they produce more money than facts and verifiable information. We're just leaving money on the table, damn it! Who cares about the consequences as long as we can increase profits!"
Occam's Razor confirms this.
No additional assumptions required, just normal revenue seeking.
Note. The government requested YouTube to take down content, YouTube decided that the content didn't violate their policies, and made an independent decision.
They say so in (8) in the letter (PDF)
This is not the same as the FCC threatening ABC with their license.
De-Google
There's load of walkthroughs.
https://privacyguides.org/ has a good one.
Google should go fuck itself.
Fuck useless pile of shit masquerading as a company. I flush more useful things down the toilet every time I take a shit.
This about that headline for a moment. GOOGLE doesn't have enough information to fact check misinformation. Instead they need to rely on an outside fact checker.
I hope foreign countries ban Google or hold them accountable for allowing public health misinformation to proliferate.
Wish we could get a class action lawsuit and sue Alphabet for pushing misinformation into our homes and spreading dangerous information that will kill people. Say $1,000 per person, and sue for $347 billion, or w.e the population is now. The MAGA people can choose to not cash their checks if they want. And I'm sure Google would gladly show that 99% of the population did, which would prompt the other 1% to do so.
If you’re that fucking dumb, you shouldn’t have people’s information
Fuck Google. Fuck meta. Fuck big tech!
Apparently, issuing an apology or claiming a mistake, is the new get out of jail free card, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO...and that Apparently goes for any tech giant, Yellow media platforms, or wait for it...Countries..gotta love what the world turned into
I wonder what's next... Flat earth? Chemtrails? I guess paracetamol is a given.
COVID is NOT a political issue. It's an existential issue. With this, Google has just stated that it is completely fine to be a platform for insanely dangerous propaganda. Fuck this place. Has anyone caught wind of when these demons are moving to Earth 2 to leave us the fuck alone?
Earth 2? What do you think they want Greenland for?
They will make sure the earth is basically Wall-E before they leave though.
I appreciate the sentiment, but the reality is that people have to stop using it.
No more google search, no more gmail, no more android, no more youtube, no more google maps.
I have largely stopped using their services, and its a pain. Getting the majority to stop using them? I just dont know how much worse they can be and yet people still use it.