We Have to Do Something About Google
March 2, 2024 No Comments
It’s been called “embarrassing,” but it’s so much more than that. Even the Washington Post had to acknowledge it.
It’s been called “embarrassing,” but it’s so much more than that. Even the Washington Post had to acknowledge it.
We hear a lot about “election integrity” or lack thereof, particularly around the issues of counting the vote and the ballot box. But the truth is that elections are more likely to be stolen via search engine manipulation effects (SEME).
With only a few days left in 2023, Google released its annual year-end data trends. It turns out America’s top inflation-related search is the same for all 50 states— and the everyday item is equal parts funny and sad.
House Judiciary and Weaponization Committee “obtained internal Google & Facebook docs revealing which Big Tech companies buckled first under pressure from the Biden White House to censor Americans’ posts, including true statements, jokes, memes, and opinions.”
Google has an argument against allegations that it maintains an illegal monopoly: the internet giant claims it is simply the best, and an overwhelming number of users choose it for that reason.
Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan accused Google parent company Alphabet of not complying with a House Judiciary Committee subpoena in a Monday letter.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, accuses Google of monopolizing key digital advertising technologies, known as the “ad tech stack,” in violation of antitrust laws. These technologies are crucial for website publishers to sell ads and for advertisers to reach potential customers.
Google News heavily skewed in favor of left-leaning media outlets—both in the news articles featured on its homepage and in the search results for specific topics—in five of the days leading up to the 2022 midterm elections, according to an AllSides study Google criticized as “deeply flawed” in comments to The Daily Signal.
Google prevailed in lower courts by arguing that it is protected by Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. The law is often seen as a shield because it prevents platforms from being sued for hosting harmful user posts, a measure that has been credited with paving the way for tech titans to reap financial windfalls.
Paul Pelosi, the multimillionaire husband of former House Speaker and current Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sold 30,000 shares of Google stock a month prior to the Dept. of Justice’s announcement of an antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant, according to a financial disclosure filed with the House of Representatives.
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