Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results citing Dutch court order

Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by agumonkey on Thursday December 02, 2021 @05:48AM (#29414606)

Isn't it an unavoidable social phenomenon ? as soon as any system / company starts to have weight in the group, they will face requests of accountability and responsability. They may try to use the "we're just the messenger" but it doesn't work often.

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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by chii on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:08AM (#29414728)

> They may try to use the "we're just the messenger" but it doesn't work often.

it should work - it's up to society to make this work by passing laws to that effect.

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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by Xelbair on Thursday December 02, 2021 @05:51AM (#29414623)

Simple, if company works only as a messenger they will be left alone. They just present user content, and leave users to find their content.

As soon as they introduce their own bias(curating content, recommendations, emergence of so called "walled gardens") it opens the floodgates.

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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by dredmorbius on Thursday December 02, 2021 @07:02AM (#29415081)

Untrue.

The history of communications and information is rife with channels and sources of all description being controlled.

If anything, "neutral" sources are all the more subject to influence as they simply abrogate the role of censor / amplifier to others. All the more so if they're heavily used and relied upon, as this means that there is an influenceable audience present.

As my friend Woozle puts it:

Because of a high percentage of the population being present, there is now substantial power to be had by influencing the discussions that take place.

https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/5wg0hp/when_ep...

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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by CryptoPunk on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:04AM (#29414695)

It is avoidable through traditions and institutionalized processes that engender neutrality.

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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by MomoXenosaga on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:12AM (#29414745)

Google is an extension of American soft power. They're about as neutral as Huawei.

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Re:Google removes Pirate Bay domains from search results cit... by CryptoPunk on Thursday December 02, 2021 @09:02PM (#29425762)

There are degrees of control/alignment. It's not anywhere as absolute as you imply.

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