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More on Buffalo Gal's story..........................

 

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Americans are rightly concerned that Big Tech companies in Silicon Valley have an outsized influence over the news and opinions we see on social media platforms and in Google searches. The fact that most of these platforms originate in some of the most liberal strongholds in the country — Mountain View, San Francisco, and Menlo Park, California —  raises questions about whether they're either intentionally or subconsciously putting their oversized thumbs on the scales to promote points of view they agree with and hide views they find odious or dangerous. A study released today from GovPredict shows that more than 90 percent of political donations by Alphabet employees went to Democrats. This news will only amplify fears that everything we read, see, and hear is being controlled by tech industry employees with a left-wing political bent.

 

In the first of a series of articles examining the political preferences of major American companies, GovPredict looked at the political donations of employees at Alphabet — the parent company of Google and many of its subsidiaries, including YouTube, Nest, Google Ventures, Calico, Adsense, Google Ventures, and Verily. The analysis used Federal Election Commission (FEC) data on contributions to federal candidates and causes.

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, B-Man said:

 

 

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 a Google spokesperson replied to a request for comment with the following statement:

“At a regularly scheduled all hands meeting, some Google employees and executives expressed their own personal views in the aftermath of a long and divisive election season. For over 20 years, everyone at Google has been able to freely express their opinions at these meetings. Nothing was said at that meeting, or any other meeting, to suggest that any political bias ever influences the way we build or operate our products. 

 

 

Well, except where you keep referring to the Clinton campaign as "we."  And specifically discuss ways to modify your product line to prevent such disasters in the future.  

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DOJ Invites 24 State AGs to Jeff Sessions Meeting About Breaking Up Google, Facebook
 

On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that nearly half of the state attorneys general would be invited to a September 25 meeting with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to discuss whether social media companies are violating anti-trust laws. The DOJ announced the meeting last week, following the congressional testimony of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

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3 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

DOJ Invites 24 State AGs to Jeff Sessions Meeting About Breaking Up Google, Facebook
 

On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that nearly half of the state attorneys general would be invited to a September 25 meeting with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to discuss whether social media companies are violating anti-trust laws. The DOJ announced the meeting last week, following the congressional testimony of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

 

Well, I know 25 people who are going to be shadowbanned...

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On 9/15/2018 at 12:37 PM, Buffalo_Gal said:



Maybe it is inevitable for all of us? 

Nah, !@#$ that.  I just cover my ass and fax the sheriff's department my entire browser history weekly.

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11 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

 

Ever see the Twilight Zone about the guy who flips a coin, it lands on its edge, and for the rest of the day he can read minds? Spoiler: He breaks up a bank robbery by a long time employee only to find that the employee thinks about robbing the bank every day for the last 20 years. 

 

People think about doing bad **** all the time. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don’t. 

 

Do = bad. 

 

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6 minutes ago, BeginnersMind said:

 

Ever see the Twilight Zone about the guy who flips a coin, it lands on its edge, and for the rest of the day he can read minds? Spoiler: He breaks up a bank robbery by a long time employee only to find that the employee thinks about robbing the bank every day for the last 20 years. 

 

People think about doing bad **** all the time. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don’t. 

 

Do = bad. 

 

 

I think you're projecting here.

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31 minutes ago, BeginnersMind said:

 

Ever see the Twilight Zone about the guy who flips a coin, it lands on its edge, and for the rest of the day he can read minds? Spoiler: He breaks up a bank robbery by a long time employee only to find that the employee thinks about robbing the bank every day for the last 20 years. 

 

People think about doing bad **** all the time. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don’t. 

 

Do = bad. 

 

 

Don't you think there's a bit of a difference between an employee thinking of a criminal act, and a group of employees openly discussing a method to alter an algorithm that affects 90% of US search?

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3 hours ago, GG said:

 

Don't you think there's a bit of a difference between an employee thinking of a criminal act, and a group of employees openly discussing a method to alter an algorithm that affects 90% of US search?

 

Yes, but the real line here is talking about it and doing it. 

 

Talking about starting Nate Peterman in game 2 : Bad

 

Starting Nate Peterman in game 2 = disaster.

 

I've talked with people over beers about the things they would do with their guns given a clean shot at [insert name du juor]. 

 

What is our reaction supposed to be to people who talk about doing bad (not illegal even) things? 

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2 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

 

 

Conservatives started a "news" network. Start a search engine and social media machine if you think it's so biased. 

 

GoDuckGo is right there for you. 


Sounds like Trump is bringing in the big government regulators to try to break them up. Will see what Sessions comes up with. 

 

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