This is perhaps the most terrifying news item I've read this year.
But I'm not scared because Google has changed the search results for 300,000 people in a deliberate, measured, and successful attempt to change targets political views.
Rather I'm terrified that that the political climate in the US is now at the place that it is safe to openly talk about mass search results manipulation in the service of making sure people have the correct beliefs.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 17.2 ms ] threadBut I'm not scared because Google has changed the search results for 300,000 people in a deliberate, measured, and successful attempt to change targets political views.
Rather I'm terrified that that the political climate in the US is now at the place that it is safe to openly talk about mass search results manipulation in the service of making sure people have the correct beliefs.
I've yet to read his book, but I'll just leave this excerpt here
https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/