Google’s first all-hands after 2016 election [video]

Re:Google’s first all-hands after 2016 election [video] by gizmo686 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @09:08PM (#17975068)

As I mentioned elsewhere in this thread, I think search should be regulated, and part of that regulation should be some standard for political neutrality [0]. However, there is no neutral algorithm to this problem. Any algorithm favors certain sites over others. There is almost definitely going to be some correlation between the sites that are favored and the content of those sites, political or otherwise. There is simply no getting around that. The discussion we need to be having is how to do this in an acceptable way.

[0] I do not have a good idea of what such a standard would even look like, and would err on the side of being too lax in this regard.

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Re:Google’s first all-hands after 2016 election [video] by lern_too_spel on Thursday September 13, 2018 @01:35PM (#17980589)

If one or more parties is pushing misinformation, the only way to be politically neutral is to give misinformation the same standing as correct information. Society does not benefit from such a policy.

It is better to have a policy of factual correctness at a minimum. Politicians should adjust to accommodate that.

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Re:Google’s first all-hands after 2016 election [video] by ryanobjc on Thursday September 13, 2018 @02:04AM (#17976401)

Why should search be regulated?

And I assume ALL search engines should be equally regulated.

Also, you better be pretty specific about what politically neutral really means.

For example, I just started a political party devoted to spreading obvious lies. Political neutrality means I should have top billing, right? Above the fold? Even though no one needs or wants what I’m selling?

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