Publishers rely on advertising to stay in business. The company with the biggest share of website advertising in the world providing the best monetization is Google.
Except of course when Google disagrees with your political views.
Then, of course, they “demonetize” you. This means that on pages where you have expressed an opinion that their California liberal censors don’t like or they disagree with your facts – no matter how well documented – their ads simply do not show up.
The method is actually pretty clever. If you print something they like, you get rewarded with their wonderful ads. Obviously, everyone wants this, it is an incentive to modify your behavior to conform with the Google view of the world. Very much like parents patiently teaching a child. Thanks, Google! In actual fact, this is an insidious propaganda technique.
You will note the reasons they cite. “Unreliable and harmful claims”?? Seems like someone is expressing an opinion about us over at Google.
“Dangerous or derogatory content”?? Wow! I didn’t realize we had enough power to be “dangerous.” And God forbid that any political news site express something “derogatory” in an election season.
And by the way, the Constitution protects “unreliable”, “harmful”, “dangerous” and “derogatory” speech. All of it.
But you are about to say that Google is a private company and they can censor whoever they want. But with a company this big, controlling this much of the information we experience, is this too much political power in the hands of a few? Is Google a significant force in purposely influencing elections so that they can push America to conform to the beliefs of the few powerful people in the Google oligarchy?
One might think this is a threat to our democracy, perhaps even the greatest threat. We are dealing with not only the forcing of the liberal viewpoint, but also accepting the premise that censorship is fine. It is NEVER fine.
By the way, this is not the only way that I am being harassed by Google, it is just the most blatant.
Have a look at the articles below. These are the articles currently being censored by Google. Please let us know in the comments what you think – should any of these be censored? Are any of them more “unreliable”, “harmful”, “dangerous” and “derogatory” than what you might see in the New York Times or on Fox?
And feel free to be angry, I certainly am.
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Unreliable and harmful claims
Dangerous or derogatory content
Unreliable and harmful claims
Dangerous or derogatory content
Unreliable and harmful claims
Unreliable and harmful claims
Dangerous or derogatory content
Dangerous or derogatory content
Dangerous or derogatory content
Unreliable and harmful claims
Dangerous or derogatory content
Dangerous or derogatory content
Dangerous or derogatory content
Unreliable and harmful claims
Unreliable and harmful claims
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