Re:The Google-Facebook Duopoly Threatens Diversity of Thought
by guelo on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @02:51PM
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I'm not saying the argument is right or wrong. I'm just amazed at the message discipline across many channels. Steve Bannon declared in july that they were going to start pushing for this [1] and since then the message keeps popping up everywhere. It's amazing power to shape the public discourse.
[1] https://theintercept.com/2017/07/27/steve-bannon-wants-faceb...
Re:The Google-Facebook Duopoly Threatens Diversity of Thought
by TheAdamAndChe on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @08:38PM
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Yet Bannon's push against big websites wasn't done in a bubble. Public sentiment towards these sites is changing, with revelations about James Damore, Russian propaganda, Alexa being an overtly feminist Black Lives Matter supporter[1], and many other things like this.
Like it or not, culture matters. The fact that all of these powerful sites are blatantly picking sides while at the same time accruing massive amounts of power is inevitably going to gain attention from legislators.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2017/dec/12...
I think it’s interesting that you think antitrust Google benefits right wing groups over left wing groups.
I think this thought is mainly due to the dichotomy of “google = good” and “republican = bad” having some transitive logic making “stuff against google = republican.”