Net Neutrality

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

What did google do yesterday? The "mechanism" seems to have been created before yesterday. But I am ready to read and learn more.

"context of leaving it out of your complaint is pretty telling." -- dude .. relax a bit. If you have articles you think I should consider .. link them, Ill read them.

This is why people are talking about DOJ looking into it.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...icles-n1231176

Google has banned ZeroHedge, a far-right website that often traffics in conspiracy theories, from its advertising platform over policy violations found in the comments section of stories about recent Black Lives Matter protests.

Google also issued a warning on Tuesday to The Federalist over comments on articles related to recent protests.


Google is saying the comments sections of websites is fair game in pulling ad revenue.

The comment section dude, the comment section...

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

This is why people are talking about DOJ looking into it.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...icles-n1231176

Google has banned ZeroHedge, a far-right website that often traffics in conspiracy theories, from its advertising platform over policy violations found in the comments section of stories about recent Black Lives Matter protests.

Google also issued a warning on Tuesday to The Federalist over comments on articles related to recent protests.


Google is saying the comments sections of websites is fair game in pulling ad revenue.

The comment section dude, the comment section...

Did you read the article you linked?

A Google spokesperson said in an email on Monday that it demonetized the websites after determining they violated its policies on content related to race.

“We have strict publisher policies that govern the content ads can run on and explicitly prohibit derogatory content that promotes hatred, intolerance, violence or discrimination based on race from monetizing," the spokesperson wrote. "When a page or site violates our policies, we take action. In this case, we’ve removed both sites’ ability to monetize with Google.”

Google's ban comes after the company was notified of research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a British nonprofit that combats online hate and misinformation. They found that 10 U.S-based websites have published what they say are racist articles about the protests, and projected that the websites would make millions of dollars through Google Ads.

ZeroHedge and The Federalist have become well known in recent years for publishing far-right articles on a variety of subjects. On the recent protests, ZeroHedge published an article claiming that protests were fake, while The Federalist published an article claiming the media had been lying about looting and violence during the protests, which were both included in the research sent to Google.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by mooby

Did you read the article you linked?

Mooby, who owns YouTube?Have you ever been to the comments section in YouTube?

Perhaps google should ban their own ads?

Google needs to sit the fuck down now

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Mooby, who owns YouTube?Have you ever been to the comments section in YouTube?

Perhaps google should ban their own ads?

Google needs to sit the fuck down now

And here I thought you were all for private companies having the leeway to do whatever they wanted without government oversight.

Where do we go from here Chico?

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by mooby

And here I thought you were all for private companies having the leeway to do whatever they wanted without government oversight.

Where do we go from here Chico?

Wut?

I think google shouldn’t worry about the comments section on a website they have nothing to do with and if they want to apply these rules, maybe they should start with their own companies?

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by mooby

Did you read the article you linked?

LOL, you know better.