Fact Check: Does Google Censor Republicans in Senate Races? No definitive proof.

Re:Fact Check: Does Google Censor Republicans in Senate Race... by Comevius on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @11:38AM (#33345354)

Saving you a click: this is currently unverified, because Google doesn't publish it's algorithms, the report may have used uncommon search terms, and the searches were affected by context other than cookies, for example location. Also the report was conducted by the Media Research Center financed by Robert Mercer and other conservative-leaning organizations such as ExxonMobil.

The Media Research Center also rejects the scientific consensus on climate change.

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Re:Fact Check: Does Google Censor Republicans in Senate Race... by incomingpain on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @11:42AM (#33345409)

Putting all the current context aside, do you feel like 'big tech' does censor republicans?

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Re:Fact Check: Does Google Censor Republicans in Senate Race... by Comevius on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @11:55AM (#33345598)

I don't know to be honest, but big tech is not really as left-leaning as Republicans imagine. They are pretending to be for their audiences, but they don't like the accountability, the regulations.

On the other hand the report is guaranteed to be biased if it's anything like the climate change hit pieces these conservative organizations put out. They always cherry pick data from optimistic scenarios, changing titles, disregarding context. They do anything to arrive to their conclusion. And it all usually ends up presented on Twitter with vitriol.

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