Few people know that Google voluntarily removes some search results

Re:Few people know that Google voluntarily removes some sear... by makeitdouble on Friday June 11, 2021 @08:14PM (#27480070)

This is a good point, and also a general fact of life I think. Society is not just modeled by laws, but also by influencial groups.

If your company gets banned by visa/mastercard for dealing with porn, you’ll steer away for anything porn related.

You know banks won’t give you a loan for growing legal weed, if your goal is actually to make money you’ll grow other fancy aromatic plants instead, etc.

You still can push through, but getting nudged is not new, will never stop, and most of the time reflects your societies values anyway.

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Re:Few people know that Google voluntarily removes some sear... by version_five on Friday June 11, 2021 @08:41PM (#27480231)

That's a good, concise description. My particular beef with this happening with respect to insurance is that it "nudges" us to all be risk averse and boring, and artificially prioritize safety over all kinds of other outcomes.

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Re:Few people know that Google voluntarily removes some sear... by makeitdouble on Friday June 11, 2021 @09:11PM (#27480423)

You are right on the distortion. Even safety can be kind of out of the wibdow with people taking their insurance's approval as a GO sign for otherwise detrimental behaviors, like building houses in submersible areas.

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Re:Few people know that Google voluntarily removes some sear... by R0b0t1 on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:27PM (#27481242)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Eternity

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