> Google changed the algos on several Catholic issues.
Can you like me to the article talking about that? I didn’t hear anything about it, and I am both Catholic and keep a close eye on tech news.
In any case, the default is that the algorithms are built to save clicks and typing. They don’t have manpower or time to tweak their searches for a political agenda. You know how many millions of searches per second they handle? Neither do I, but “bazillion” is in the general ballpark. To contextually skew searches leftward takes more work than just letting the searching public be the driving force.
They do actually censor the suggestion list, mostly away from porn, especially potentially illegal porn. Somebody made a big stink about that a few months ago, trying to say Google was trying to prevent those searches, completely ignoring that you could still type the stuff in long hand you just wouldn’t get it on the list.
It’s funny how consistently Google inspires silly over reaction.
“They don’t have manpower or time to tweak their searches for a political agenda.”
I don’t know if they’re doing so or not, but that’s silly. It takes a minute to get into the database and say “please recommend that”. It’s not as if their code doesn’t have an “override” setting.