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Re:Google announces workshops to tackle the spread of hate s... by coldtea on Monday April 24, 2017 @10:28AM (#14184568)
>as long as "an arbiter" doesn't become "the arbiter"

Well, it being "the closest thing to a public utility" as I wrote, means for billions of people it will be THE arbiter -- or at least an arbiter they'd have to deal with.

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Re:Google announces workshops to tackle the spread of hate s... by burkaman on Monday April 24, 2017 @10:36AM (#14184616)
Sure, and I think "an arbiter they'd have to deal with" is unavoidable. As a provider of filtered information, how could they not be?
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