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Google 'Experiment' Hid Some News Sources from Consumers

Tech massive Google is underneath fireplace after it published that it blocked some Australian knowledge internet sites from seek results as part of an "experiment." Critics title it a "chilling illustration" of Google's stranglehold over internet seek.
Tech giant Google is under fire after it revealed that it blocked some Australian news sites from search results as part of an "experiment." Critics call it a "chilling illustration" of Google's stranglehold over internet search.

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  1. "Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) grilled Google CEO Sundar Pichai today over the removal of footage from a recent press conference held by the organization America's Frontline Doctors". (July 29, 2020)
  2. "Tech giant Facebook laid out its censorship plan on Thursday, stating it would begin demoting content that its "systems predict may be misinformation" relating to election fraud". (November 6, 2020)
  3. "A report from RealClearPolitics has found that Google pushes conservative news sites far down in search results". (September 22, 2020)
  4. "Since Twitter banned President Donald Trump this week, prominent conservative voices on the platform users are reporting that they've lost tens of thousands of followers". (January 9, 2021)
  5. "The Intercept co-founding editor Glenn Greenwald criticized Facebook and Twitter's recent censorship of theNew York Post's bombshell article revealing Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden's alleged meeting with executives of a Ukrainian energy firm". (October 16, 2020)
  6. "Tech giant Google has promised to block certain autocomplete search suggestions ahead of the November election in an effort to fight "misinformation". (September 11, 2020)
  7. "Social media giant Facebook has announced plans to ban new political ads for the week leading up to Election Day on November 3. Mark Zuckerberg announced the ban along with several other changes because he fearsthere could be an increased risk of civil unrest across the country". (September 3, 2020)
  8. "Facebook recently blocked access within Thailand to a group with over 1 million members that criticized the country's monarchy, now the social media site plans to take legal action against the government's demands that Facebook block the group. Facebook, which has censored posts by President Donald Trump, complains that the Thai government has a "chilling effect on peoples ability to express themselves". (August 25, 2020)
  9. "This week, Facebook announced that the platform will take down or censor content that is completely legal and within the rules but that the site believes could increase regulatory or legal risks for the social media giant worldwide". (September 1, 2020)
  10. "Google Translate, the tech giant's translation app, listed "a police officer" as the primary definition of "demon." The secondary definition of demon, according to the Masters of the Universe in Silicon Valley, is "an evil spirit or devil." The web giant removed the definitions altogether after Breitbart News requested comment on the company's strange definition". (July 28, 2020)
  11. "A recent report from theWall Street Journal alleges that the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok circumvented a privacy safeguard in Google's Android operating system to collect user data". (August 12, 2020)
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