Colin Flaherty: 'Can't anybody here play this game?': Google skates again.

americanthinker.com ^ | Colin Flaherty

[RoosterRedux]

Casey Stengel would have spotted this bogus play, the so-called Google congressional hearing, from the cheap seats. "Can't anybody here play this game?" the famous baseball manager would have asked the Republicans hemming and hawing and ignoring their way through the biggest existential threat to conservatives ever.

Apparently not, Casey.

The scene was the House Judiciary Committee. Waiting to testify was the CEO of Google, where for at least the last five years, conservatives have been attacked, marginalized, removed, defamed, harassed, and demonetized – all to the sounds of glee if not ecstasy from purple-haired Google engineers.

At least the ranking Democrat – soon to be chair – Congressman Nadler, figured it out right away. He attacked conservatives for objecting to Google's heavy-handed and deceptive treatment as "conspiracy theorists."

Nadler knew that the real issue was Google's hostility to conservatives and how the search engine titan is working to remove them from the public stage.

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This is too easy for the Democrats. Embarrassingly easy.

They are playing the game as best they can. Republicans don't even know they are up to bat. Or how often they have already struck out.

[RoosterRedux]

The author of this article, Colin Flaherty, “was first kicked off Google five years ago, when it told publishers it would not send ads to any of my stories documenting black violence and media denial.”

[Liz]

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, presides over a high tech anti-America company, spewing agit-prop bent on destroying our democratic process.
He thumbed his nose at America, earlier refusing to testify over this issue before the US Congress preferring to fly back to India, his homeland..
Pichai is disloyal to the American system of justice, the American electoral system, and the US Constitution.

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ACTION NOW:

<><> these tech companies should be broken up using existing anti-trust laws which are more than adequate for the task,

<><> they should be categorized as any other 1st Amendment platform, not an open forum,

<><> they should lose their Section 230 liability protections under the Communications Decency Act,

<><> all banned, suspended, shadow banned, or demonized conservatives should sue the panties off these weak-titted SJ fascists.
(hat tip nickednack)

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[Liz]

Cong Waddler Nadler attacked conservatives for objecting to Google's heavy-handed and deceptive treatment as "conspiracy theorists."

Did Nadler have on his Google flying roto-beanie when he said that?

[Liz]

Leaked Google Briefing Admits Abandonment of Free Speech (for their cockamamie idea of) ‘Safety And Civility’
Breitbart ^ | OCTOBER 9, 2018 | Allum Bokhari / FR Posted on 10/10/2018, 8:00:40 AM by Mount Athos

An internal company briefing produced by Google and leaked exclusively to Breitbart News argues that due to a variety of factors, including the election of President Trump, the “American tradition” of free speech on the internet is no longer viable. Despite leaked video footage showing top executives declaring their intention to ensure that the rise of Trump and the populist movement is just a “blip” in history, Google has repeatedly denied that the political bias of its employees filter into its products.

But the 85-page briefing, titled “The Good Censor,” admits that Google and other tech platforms now “control the majority of online conversations” and have undertaken a “shift towards censorship” in response to unwelcome political events around the world.

Examples cited in the document include the 2016 election and the rise of Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) in Germany. Responding to the leak, an official Google source said the document should be considered internal research, and not an official company position. The briefing labels the ideal of unfettered free speech on the internet a “utopian narrative” that has been “undermined” by recent global events as well as “bad behavior” on the part of users. (Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...

[Liz]

GOOGLE’S UNSETTLING VISION OF SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL ENGINEERING
This internal video from 2016 shows a Google concept for how total data collection could reshape society
By Vlad Savov@vladsavov May 17, 2018

Google has built a multibillion-dollar business out of knowing everything about its users. Now, a video produced within Google and obtained by The Verge offers a stunningly ambitious and unsettling look at how some at the company envision using that information in the future. The video was made in late 2016 by Nick Foster, the head of design at X (formerly Google X) and a co-founder of the Near Future Laboratory.

The video, shared internally within Google, imagines a future of total data collection, where Google helps nudge users into alignment with their goals, custom-prints personalized devices to collect more data, and even guides the behavior of entire populations to solve global problems like poverty and disease.

When reached for comment on the video, an X spokesperson provided the following statement to The Verge: “We understand if this is disturbing -- it is designed to be. This is a thought-experiment by the Design team from years ago that uses a technique known as ‘speculative design’ to explore uncomfortable ideas and concepts in order to provoke discussion and debate. It’s not related to any current or future products.”

All the data collected by your devices, the so-called ledger, is presented as a bundle of information that can be passed on to other users for the betterment of society. Titled The Selfish Ledger, the 9-minute film starts off with a history of Lamarckian epigenetics, which are broadly concerned with the passing on of traits acquired during an organism’s lifetime. Narrating the video, Foster acknowledges that the theory may have been discredited when it comes to genetics but says it provides a useful metaphor for user data. (The title is an homage to Richard Dawkins’ 1976 book The Selfish Gene.) The way we use our phones creates “a constantly evolving representation of who we are,” which Foster terms a “ledger,” positing that these data profiles could be built up, used to modify behaviors, and transferred from one user to another:

“User-centered design principles have dominated the world of computing for many decades, but what if we looked at things a little differently? What if the ledger could be given a volition or purpose rather than simply acting as a historical reference? What if we focused on creating a richer ledger by introducing more sources of information? What if we thought of ourselves not as the owners of this information, but as custodians, transient carriers, or caretakers?”--snip---rest at source

[SauronOfMordor]

It’s not that republicans don’t know how to play the game. They do.

They are deliberately throwing the game, whether from pressure from donors, or the democrats knowing what girls had to be paid off. And what boys.

[EasySt]

Reminds me of this...

...acquittal after acquittal after acquittal...until the stench of it reaches so high and far into Heaven...it chokes the whole f...

(Devil’s Advocate)

[EasySt]

Reminds me of this...

...acquittal after acquittal after acquittal...until the stench of it reaches so high and far into Heaven...it chokes the whole f...

(Devil’s Advocate)

[Truth29]

"It’s not that republicans don’t know how to play the game. They do. They are deliberately throwing the game, whether from pressure from donors, or the democrats knowing what girls had to be paid off. And what boys."

Spot on! The Uniparty/deep state rolls on. They don't intend to allow those unwashed, uppity voters to stop them. It is Trump and us vs most of the oppressors.

[cld51860]

Another colossal waste of time and money.

[Ciaphas Cain]

These “hearings” are more fixed than the anti-mob committee in The Godfather Part II.

[Liz]

Senior Google Scientist Resigns Over “Forfeiture of Our Values” in China
The Intercept ^ | September 13 2018 | Ryan Gallagher / FR Posted by Governor Dinwiddie

A senior Google research scientist has quit the company in protest over its plan to launch a censored version of its search engine in China. Jack Poulson worked for Google’s research and machine intelligence department, where he was focused on improving the accuracy of the company’s search systems.

In early August, Poulson raised concerns with his managers at Google after The Intercept revealed that the internet giant was secretly developing a Chinese search app for Android devices. The search system, code-named Dragonfly, was designed to remove content that China’s authoritarian government views as sensitive, such as information about political dissidents, free speech, democracy, human rights, and peaceful protest. (Excerpt) Read more at theintercept.com …

[Liz]

POINTS TO PONDER ---Google secretly developed a Chinese search app for Android devices
specifially designed to find and remove content China’s authoritarian government does not like.

Items Red China finds most troubling:

<><> political dissent,

<><> free speech,

<><> democracy,

<><> human rights,

<><> peaceful protest.

Just a conincdence (smirk) that Google had already designed that very same search app for Democrats.

Communist China and Democrats on the same wave-length----thanks to Google.

[Liz]

Horrific Video Shows Google VIPs Aiding and Abetting Hillary's campaign (Planning to Thwart Trump’s Agenda)
independentsentinel.com ^ | 9/12/2018 | S. Noble / FR Posted by bitt

It started with a leaked Google memo, then a Google denial, and now a horrific video demonstrating the arrogance and abuse of power by the Google upper echelon.

THE MEMO----A shocking memo obtained from a Google insider by Tucker Carlson appears to show they influenced the 2016 election. They steered Hispanic voters to Hillary Clinton. While everyone is told to worry about Russia interference, the world’s most powerful company is attempting to steal our election. It is very disturbing. They can steal the election and no one would know it.

GOOGLE DENIED IT Google denied it but they took their time responding. Bloomberg announcing Sessions was looking into a possible investigation into Google and other social media platforms seemed to light a fire under them. Fox News posted Google’s response yesterday.

Google denied they donated money but that wasn’t the charge necessarily. The charge was they would create ad campaigns to get Hispanics to the polls. They seemed indignant at the thought of anyone claiming they are biased against conservatives. (Excerpt) Read more at independentsentinel.com ...

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Wait a sec.....Google tried to boost Latino voter turnout to help Hillary in the 2016 presidential election.

Wouldn’t this be an In-Kind Political Contribution? Required to be reported to the FEC.

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[rlmorel]

Pretty courageous guy, I used to follow him when he had a podcast, and have two of his books.

Speaking the truth in a time of universal deceit is a sure-fire path to persecution.

[wastoute]

“...if you can keep it...”. Looks like we failed.

[Liz]

Leaked video shows Google co-founder Sergey Brin comparing Trump voters to 'fascists'
UK Daily Mail ^ | September 13, 2018 | George Martin / FR Posted by C19fan

Leaked video from a Google conference held in the wake of the 2016 Presidential Election shows the company's co-founder comparing Trump voters to 'fascists'.

The footage, obtained by Breitbart, also shows the company's executives vowing to halt the rise of populism and urging employees to console one another after the election result. The damaging video pours further doubt onto Google's claims of political impartiality just a few days after it was accused of trying to boost Latino voter turnout to help Hillary Clinton.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin can be seen on stage in front of hundreds of employees saying he was 'deeply offended' by Trump's election and that it 'conflicts with many of Google's values.' (Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...

[Liz]

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[Rockingham]

An old friend with years of experience as a House GOP staffer habitually refers to the House GOP members as “the rabbits” for their lack of courage. Outnumbered and outgunned, they are routinely bullied by the Democrats, the news media, big donors, and the bureaucracy — and they fail to assert themselves even when good opportunities present themselves. And the GOP leadership does little to encourage and back up the GOP members since most of the leaders are focused entirely on their own plans and prospects.