Google is, incidentally, the biggest reason I think Fact Checks™ might slow down or even stop in the near future. Their ability to memory hole "wrongthink" is incredible, and possibly one of the biggest threats that currently faces the internet. Memory holing facts that don't fit the narrative is, of course, much more effective than "fac…
Google is, incidentally, the biggest reason I think Fact Checks™ might slow down or even stop in the near future. Their ability to memory hole "wrongthink" is incredible, and possibly one of the biggest threats that currently faces the internet. Memory holing facts that don't fit the narrative is, of course, much more effective than "fact checking".
Amazon is also a big threat, considering that they host the majority of the internet, but fortunately they don't seem to be as censorship-happy as Google, at least not yet.
Perhaps as regards real time usage of the internet. But you might raise an eyebrow if you learnt how many books they have disappeared. Of course, as a private business, they are completely within their right. But, as when Facebook or Twitter bans a popular blogger (like a Berenson), and simultaneously loses hundreds of thousands of eyeballs they could have marketed to, that is placing ideology (Whose?) ahead of profits, which is most curious for a money-grubbing capitalist corporation.
True. I just checked some books and they are all still on it. Well they make money don't they? If they don't sell them anymore the money is earned by someone else! Wikipedia is another spoiler. Big spreader of fake news
AWS may be just a bit too big to censor. Removing hosted domains is trivial for customers they don't like, but mining that data is (at the moment) impossible. BTW, much of what they host is raw data typically encrypted, beyond their grasp.
Google is, incidentally, the biggest reason I think Fact Checks™ might slow down or even stop in the near future. Their ability to memory hole "wrongthink" is incredible, and possibly one of the biggest threats that currently faces the internet. Memory holing facts that don't fit the narrative is, of course, much more effective than "fact checking".
Amazon is also a big threat, considering that they host the majority of the internet, but fortunately they don't seem to be as censorship-happy as Google, at least not yet.
Perhaps as regards real time usage of the internet. But you might raise an eyebrow if you learnt how many books they have disappeared. Of course, as a private business, they are completely within their right. But, as when Facebook or Twitter bans a popular blogger (like a Berenson), and simultaneously loses hundreds of thousands of eyeballs they could have marketed to, that is placing ideology (Whose?) ahead of profits, which is most curious for a money-grubbing capitalist corporation.
These people are rich enough, and probably get plenty more from the other rich ones than comes from marketing.
True. I just checked some books and they are all still on it. Well they make money don't they? If they don't sell them anymore the money is earned by someone else! Wikipedia is another spoiler. Big spreader of fake news
AWS may be just a bit too big to censor. Removing hosted domains is trivial for customers they don't like, but mining that data is (at the moment) impossible. BTW, much of what they host is raw data typically encrypted, beyond their grasp.