- Digging Through the Dump -
“Google recently tweaked the documentation explaining how it defines ‘helpful content.’ No longer is it ‘helpful content written by people, for people,’ but simply, ‘Helpful content written for people.’
“Once you sign up for the free service, Google will monitor the internet for mentions of your name, address, email and phone number. It will alert you when a new page pops up with your information.
Keep in mind, while Google can remove the link from its search results, it ‘can’t take it off the Internet entirely’.”
“Research by Trinity College in 2021 found that Android smartphones sent 20 times as much data to Google as Apple smartphones, although Google has disputed the methodology of the research.”
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“After being taken into custody, Ferguson told police he worked for Google and was ‘scared to stop.’”
“The code collected not only people’s names, but also taxpayers’ filing status, approximate adjusted gross income, refund amount, the names of dependents and the amount of federal tax owed, among other items, the investigation found.”
“They sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice to Google claiming that they owned the copyright in my article, and that the Utah Law Review version was an unauthorized copy of the version that I had posted on my own site:”
“Google has launched tests that block access to news content for some users in Canada in response to the Canadian government’s online news bill. Bill C-18, or the Online News Act, would require platforms like Facebook and Google to negotiate deals that would pay news publishers for their content. The bill is currently before the Canadian Senate for debate.”
“AP claimed that prebunking so-called misinformation is more effective than direct censorship or fact checks because censorship is naturally slammed and fact checkers are understandably distrusted now…AP’s list of topics that might trigger the spread of “misinformation” shows both the outlet and Google’s leftist bias: ‘COVID-19, mass shootings, immigration, climate change or elections.’”
“Yet Google officials testified before Congress that there wasn’t any blacklisting or bias going on.”
“Pelosi sold $3 Million dollars worth of Google just four weeks ago”
This latest round features how deeply the FBI, DHS, state governments, and others were involved in what was and wasn’t allowed on the social media platform. Most of the focus is on the FBI.”
“Seven of 12 Senate Republican Party candidates’ campaign websites did not appear on page one using Google’s organic search. Meanwhile, eight of 12 Senate Democratic Party candidate campaign websites were highlighted in the top six items in organic search results.”
“Seven Republican candidate’s websites were completely hidden from the first page of Google search results, according to the MRC. While Republicans were hidden, eight Democratic candidates had websites that were promoted within the first six results on Google.”
“Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has submitted a lawsuit in which he claims the company did not adequately ask users in the state for consent for the collection and use of both voice and facial information.”
“I&I (Issues & Insights) also highlights some specific articles from its site that Google has targeted. One of them was a poll that the site conducted in conjunction with TIPP Insights examining what registered voters think about President Biden’s mental acuity. Google labeled the piece ‘dangerous and derogatory.’ ”
“We have built this from the ground up, brick-by-brick, so that we can’t be canceled. But the two companies that we have to work with specifically for the apps, which is the Google Play Store and Apple to be in their app store – everyone is beholden to them.”
“A federal district court in California on Friday denied Google’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the Silicon Valley giant is violating federal antitrust laws by preventing fair competition against its YouTube video platform. The lawsuit against Google, which has owned YouTube since its 2006 purchase for $1.65 billion, was brought in early 2021 by Rumble, the free speech competitor to YouTube. Its central claim is that Google’s abuse of its monopolistic stranglehold on search engines to destroy all competitors to its various other platforms is illegal under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which makes it unlawful to ‘monopolize, or attempt to monopolize…any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations. An unusual and significant court ruling entitles YouTube’s main competitor, Rumble, to obtain long-hidden internal documents on Google’s search engine manipulations.”
“Hunter Biden’s hard drive contained an enviable lineup of contacts for top US officials tasked with overseeing the US-China relationship, and at least 10 senior Google executives — raising new questions…”
“Google recently added a form where you can request it take down certain results or information, including explicit photos if they are fake, posted without your consent, or just randomly showing up for your name and don’t depict you.”
“Brookings notes that it ‘regularly returned state-backed content across news searches, with at least one Chinese state-backed news outlet appearing in the top 10 results in 88% of searches (106 out of 120 days searched). On YouTube, state media appeared among the top 10 results in searches for ‘Xinjiang’ in 98% of searches (118 out of 120 days searched).’ “
“Google’s Russian branch has initiated a bankruptcy procedure over its inability to pay a $100-million fine for keeping up content Moscow deems illegal, media reported Wednesday as Russia continues to intensify its pressure on Big Tech following its invasion of Ukraine.”
“A remarkable, and apparently damning study disclosed that during the most recent federal election campaign, Google’s Gmail sent roughly two-thirds of GOP campaign emails to users’ spam inboxes while downgrading less than ten percent of the Dems’ messages.”
“Anyone who doesn’t want their phone number, email or street address to be found online can ask Google to omit the data from its search results. –
‘It’s important to remember that removing content from Google Search won’t remove it from the internet, which is why you may wish to contact the hosting site directly, if you’re comfortable doing so,’ ”
“If you are a Chrome user, check on any stored passwords. The browser has a function that will allow you to see if any passwords have been compromised.”
“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”
– George Orwell
“The warnings will alert users that what they have typed ‘may not be inclusive to all readers,’ while suggesting users should ‘Consider using different words,’ offering woke corrections like ‘police officer’ or ‘property owner’.”
“In the weeks leading up to the vote, the Russian government pressured Apple and Google to remove a popular voting app from their online stores. The app was put together by the team of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny and was meant to help opposition-minded voters cast their ballot in favour of whoever had the best chances of defeating the United Russia candidate in a given district.”
“The first thing to understand about Google is that it’s more than just a search engine. Google develops and maintains a network of applications that all work together to collect, analyze, and leverage your data. Each application feeds data into the next, forming a global chain of information exchange.”
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