Google is not just a platform – It frames, shapes and distorts how we see

Re:Google is not just a platform – It frames, shapes and dis... by chrispeel on Sunday December 11, 2016 @04:05PM (#13153209)

The world is full of conflicting information. Part of one's implicit Internet education is that the first link you get when searching is not always the best. The second link shown in the article (Wikipedia) is likely a good source of info.

Perhaps a better approach would be to register didtheholocausthappen.com and put a big sign that says "Yes" on it. Then put a link to that in your article, and get others to link to it.

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Re:Google is not just a platform – It frames, shapes and dis... by mtgx on Sunday December 11, 2016 @04:12PM (#13153260)

The problems start to appear when Google (or Apple, or Microsoft) start showing people the "One True Answer" when asking G. Assistant/Siri/Cortana. Google has also been increasingly emphasizing a "main answer" in its search results.

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Re:Google is not just a platform – It frames, shapes and dis... by wutbrodo on Sunday December 11, 2016 @06:24PM (#13154123)

That's why Google has been so incremental about only surfacing "uncontroversial" facts. It's very much not in their best interests to spend all day arguing with half the world about _literally every single issue the human race is interested in_.

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