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Peter Schweizer on the Masters of the Universe: ‘Google Is Editing What People See and Don’t See’
breitbart ^ | LUCAS NOLAN

Posted on 04/01/2018 5:38:53 AM PDT by davikkm

Breitbart News Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer appeared on Breitbart News Daily with Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow to discuss his #1 selling book Secret Empires and the influence of large tech companies such as Google. Peter Schweizer appeared alongside Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow on Breitbart News Daily recently to discuss his new book Secret Empires and the vast reach that Silicon Valley tech giants such as Google and Facebook possess. Discussing the influence that these companies have, Alex Marlow asked Schweizer “What are we supposed to do about it? Peter, I’m an editor and commentator but I’m not gonna be the person that’s gonna lead the charge activism wise, what do people do beyond just generic raising awareness and reporting the facts like you and I do, have there been any solutions government or otherwise which have been proposed to deal with these ‘Masters of the Universe’?”

Schweizer replied: “Yeah, that’s a great question, there are a couple of them and I’m at the point right now where I’m not quite sure what the best policy path forward is. I know some that I don’t think are the solution, one is, some people, particularly on the political left, have said ‘Google is so powerful we need to declare that it’s a public utility, and it needs to be run like a public utility’ and the problem I have with that Alex is that anyone who has dealt with a public utility knows how ineffective, unresponsive, the inability to progress int erms of technology, just knows that the quality of the services you recieve are going to decline, that’s just the nature of what you get declaring a public utility.”

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1 posted on 04/01/2018 5:38:53 AM PDT by davikkm
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I quit using google when I couldn’t find anything but liberal sources when I searched for something.


2 posted on 04/01/2018 5:39:11 AM PDT by davikkm
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To: davikkm

I tried Duck Duck Go but found it quirky. Bing is my default but they are really liberal as well. Who do you use?


3 posted on 04/01/2018 6:01:23 AM PDT by caltaxed
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Absolutely no doubt. They suppress the truth about certain subjects, and promote lies:

bammy, jihad, *slam, hillary, Trump, global warming, dickchopping, gay, LGBT horse$hit, terror, etc.


4 posted on 04/01/2018 6:07:15 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: davikkm

no kidding, how many years have we known that and the media was complicit.

Interesting how things and people just disappear.

Search for Mark Steyn and it doesn’t come up until the last letter. you wont know that if you leave search features on that look at your history.

Milo Y? Gone, completely. He still has a web page but he is gone unless you search specifically for him.

I use startpage which uses google anonymously but I still am trapped by the Google algorithms. Sometimes I use ddg or dogpile, to see if I can expand results. not great.


5 posted on 04/01/2018 6:31:13 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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no kidding, how many years have we known that and the media was complicit.

Interesting how things and people just disappear.

Search for Mark Steyn and it doesn’t come up until the last letter. you wont know that if you leave search features on that look at your history.

Milo Y? Gone, completely. He still has a web page but he is gone unless you search specifically for him.

I use startpage which uses google anonymously but I still am trapped by the Google algorithms. Sometimes I use ddg or dogpile, to see if I can expand results. not great.


6 posted on 04/01/2018 6:36:05 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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In before the “they’re a private company, not a quasi-governmental monopoly” apologists show up.


7 posted on 04/01/2018 6:57:10 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (Their side circles the wagons. Our side revs up the bus.)
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Milo Y? Gone, completely. He still has a web page but he is gone unless you search specifically for him.

not on my "google". I typed in Milo and he was the 4th milo on the prompt. behind milo and otis, milo manheim and milo vitimiglia...

8 posted on 04/01/2018 7:10:48 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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Yep bur you searched specifically.

He is not coming up peripherally. Which is how you get new readers.


9 posted on 04/01/2018 7:13:42 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: davikkm

I ordered the book yesterday.


10 posted on 04/01/2018 7:20:43 AM PDT by Disestablishmentarian
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I use Startpage(it’s private) but it’s enhanced by Google so have to go to Bing to double check sometimes


11 posted on 04/01/2018 7:34:54 AM PDT by butlerweave
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So did I - years ago. But Gargoyle didn’t quit you. It’s reach is so ubiquitous that it even affects the results f other search engines.

It’s ability to collect personal datapoints on non-users is cautionary and borderline terrifying. No one should possess and harness such intense power.

But should (and can) be done about it?


12 posted on 04/01/2018 7:57:36 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: davikkm; ransomnote; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; ...

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13 posted on 04/01/2018 8:22:08 AM PDT by bitt (The first to squeal gets the best deal.)
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To: davikkm

I sometimes think Google is The Beast.


14 posted on 04/01/2018 8:31:26 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Keep the guns, ban the liberals.)
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To: caltaxed
"I tried Duck Duck Go but found it quirky. Bing is my default but they are really liberal as well. Who do you use?"

Try the IXquick search engine. It is anonymous like Duck Duck Go, uses all the other search engines and works well for me. I learned about it on FR years ago and it has been my "go to" ever since.

15 posted on 04/01/2018 9:53:52 AM PDT by circlecity
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Remember, you are going to get more liberal articles on any search engine because the vast majority of articles are written by liberals.


16 posted on 04/01/2018 9:55:58 AM PDT by circlecity
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Google Is Editing What People See and Don’t See

Well, yeah. Any search engine that didn't edit results would be worthless.

17 posted on 04/01/2018 11:18:45 AM PDT by semimojo
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Content should NEVER be edited. Results are adjusted by any myriad ways, but should not, other than by pure interest (hits).


18 posted on 04/01/2018 12:19:14 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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I think they were talking about editing which resluts showed up - not the content.

Ranking by hits only would be worthless. Much too easy to game.


19 posted on 04/01/2018 1:02:05 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: davikkm

Bookmark


20 posted on 04/01/2018 1:04:39 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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