B-Man Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 AND AGAIN: ‘Why does Twitter hate gay Conservatives’? @GayPatriot suspended again for being the ‘wrong type of gay.’ .
Nanker Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 On 10/7/2018 at 3:52 PM, Kevbeau said: Sounds like Dave needs a vacation Expand On 10/7/2018 at 3:57 PM, Buffalo_Gal said: Or at least a time-out in the corner. Expand Or maybe a Snickers bar. 1
Buffalo_Gal Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 Sixty-five percent of Google News links point to left-leaning news sources. A report from AllSides.com shows that 20 percent point to centrist news sources and another 16 percent to sources on the political right. 1
DC Tom Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 On 10/20/2018 at 12:55 AM, Buffalo_Gal said: Sixty-five percent of Google News links point to left-leaning news sources. A report from AllSides.com shows that 20 percent point to centrist news sources and another 16 percent to sources on the political right. Expand I was trying to look for stories on Holder ignoring a Congressional subpoena earlier, and Google wouldn't return a single story on it. I had to use DuckDuckGo to find anything. It's really gotten shockingly bad. 3
Nanker Posted October 20, 2018 Posted October 20, 2018 (edited) The tech industry has gotten a huge pass from federal regulations forever. Can you you imagine if people were allowed to sue Microsoft for their buggy software? They’re about out the least regulated industry and one of the most important to our standard of living. But they publish a ***** OS or software programs and there’s no pushback from regulators. Edited October 20, 2018 by Nanker
boyst Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 On 10/16/2018 at 9:29 PM, Deranged Rhino said: Expand This is one interesting argument for turning the internet in to a utility. It would mean that the government can attack those types of companies for using a government regulated mode of tech to censor or restrict freedom. It's a terrible idea. Let Twitter, Facebook, et al do whatever they want. It's their right. On 10/20/2018 at 12:55 AM, Buffalo_Gal said: Sixty-five percent of Google News links point to left-leaning news sources. A report from AllSides.com shows that 20 percent point to centrist news sources and another 16 percent to sources on the political right. Expand I use News.Google at work but mostly just to see headlines of nonsense and local news + tech and other stuff. It's bias has been blown up recently. I still prefer it over Drudge and most others.
Koko78 Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 On 10/22/2018 at 1:03 PM, Boyst62 said: This is one interesting argument for turning the internet in to a utility. It would mean that the government can attack those types of companies for using a government regulated mode of tech to censor or restrict freedom. It's a terrible idea. Let Twitter, Facebook, et al do whatever they want. It's their right. Expand I have no problem with this, so long as they give up the legal protections they so often hide behind.
Chimp Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/31/marsha-blackburn-ad-censored-google-over-footage-left-wing-protesters It's time to regulate the ***** out of them. They are a modern day utility for one, two they are ***** with elections. Or fine the hell out of them, bigly Edited November 1, 2018 by Chimp
Azalin Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 12:07 AM, Chimp said: http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/31/marsha-blackburn-ad-censored-google-over-footage-left-wing-protesters It's time to regulate the ***** out of them. They are a modern day utility for one, two they are ***** with elections. Or fine the hell out of them, bigly Expand Should we regulate the ***** out of newspapers, web outlets, or TV news for their biased tendencies? Should we fine them as well? Do you really want to open the Pandora's box of handing control of the internet to the feds? 1
DC Tom Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 12:21 AM, Azalin said: Should we regulate the ***** out of newspapers, web outlets, or TV news for their biased tendencies? Should we fine them as well? Do you really want to open the Pandora's box of handing control of the internet to the feds? Expand If the print or televised media were biasing pricing of advertising towards one side (say, charging Republicans twice as much as Democrats for a 30-second TV spot), then you could make a compelling argument for it.
Azalin Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 12:23 AM, DC Tom said: If the print or televised media were biasing pricing of advertising towards one side (say, charging Republicans twice as much as Democrats for a 30-second TV spot), then you could make a compelling argument for it. Expand I see your point but I'd have to know more about the specifics before I could say how I'd feel. I would rather err on the side of allowing such companies to do as they see fit than allow the government that kind of regulatory control. 1
DC Tom Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 12:30 AM, Azalin said: I see your point but I'd have to know more about the specifics before I could say how I'd feel. I would rather err on the side of allowing such companies to do as they see fit than allow the government that kind of regulatory control. Expand Agreed. But I'd also add that there's already a measure of regulatory oversight over campaign ads. And I'd add that from any reasonable ethical standpoint, it's total ***** that the opposition can harass a candidate, and that harassment becomes an excuse for refusing that candidate's advertising. 1
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) On 11/1/2018 at 12:21 AM, Azalin said: Should we regulate the ***** out of newspapers, web outlets, or TV news for their biased tendencies? Expand Yes. We should. It's long over-due. They've been in the pocket of the left for as long as I've been alive. Edited November 1, 2018 by joesixpack
Azalin Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 1:26 AM, joesixpack said: Yes. We should. It's long over-due. They've been in the pocket of the left for as long as I've been alive. Expand I've seen you arguing for this before, and I doubt I have any new perspective to offer that might change your mind, except maybe that there are so many in the federal government with whom the biased media are in lockstep with that I wouldn't ever trust the feds to take a truly non-biased position in regulating internet content. 1
TakeYouToTasker Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 1:26 AM, joesixpack said: Yes. We should. It's long over-due. They've been in the pocket of the left for as long as I've been alive. Expand "Being in the pocket of the left" is not sufficient reason to regulate them. Radio has "long been in the pocket of the right". I don't hear your cries to regulate them. 3
Foxx Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 Google engineers expected to walk off the job Thursday morning SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of Google engineers and other workers are expected to walk off the job Thursday morning to protest the internet company's lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct.
Koko78 Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 1:10 PM, Foxx said: Google engineers expected to walk off the job Thursday morning SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of Google engineers and other workers are expected to walk off the job Thursday morning to protest the internet company's lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct. Expand Well, crap. Who is going to be weeding out conservative websites from google searches? 1 1
DC Tom Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 1:10 PM, Foxx said: Google engineers expected to walk off the job Thursday morning SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of Google engineers and other workers are expected to walk off the job Thursday morning to protest the internet company's lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct. Expand They're not protesting "lenient treatment." They're protesting contract law.
Buffalo_Gal Posted November 22, 2018 Posted November 22, 2018 I'm assuming the "shocking" part is that the WSJ reported it. Report: Facebook's Zuckerberg Pushed A Top Executive To Publicly Disavow Support For Trump, Then Fired Him In one of the most shocking stories to get little media coverage this year, The Wall Street Journal reported ten days ago that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg pressured a top executive at his company to apologize for his support of President Trump in the 2016 election, and issue a letter just before that election explaining that he had switched his support to libertarian Gary Johnson.
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