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 adrianm on Sunday December 11, 2016 @05:46PM (#13153875)

The "holocaust industry"? It may just be because I lost family in the holocaust, but this can't be an acceptable thing to say here.

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Re:Google is not just a platform – It frames, shapes and dis... by Animats on Sunday December 11, 2016 @06:10PM (#13154022)

Norman Finkelstein, author of "The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering"[1] coined that phrase. He lost ancestors to the Nazis.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008GZ4J76/

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Re:Google is not just a platform – It frames, shapes and dis... by fjdlwlv on Sunday December 11, 2016 @07:19PM (#13154469)

A book arguing that the Holocaust has been exploited is not justification for denying the Holocaust happened, and it's insidious to insinuate such.

Its disgusting to say that if Google is leading people to believe that the Holocaust didn't happen, the people who profit from it happening should just invest in better SEO.

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Re:Google is not just a platform – It frames, shapes and dis... by wutbrodo on Sunday December 11, 2016 @06:12PM (#13154037)

I had never heard this term so I looked it up: the only usage of the term Google points to in the first couple pages are in specific reference to Norman Finkelstein's 2000 book of that name. The author himself lost family in the Holocaust.

I don't have an opinion on whether or not it's acceptable to say here, but thought it might be relevant context given that I didn't know what precisely the term implied.

EDIT: Whoops it looks like the parent commenter himself provided the context in between me starting and finishing this comment.

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