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Big Tech giant Google is expanding its online censorship as the critical 2024 elections draw near.
The new crackdown is being led by Google’s Jigsaw censorship division.
Jigsaw, originally called Google Ideas, was launched under former CEO Eric Schmidt in 2010.
Schmidt’s idea sought to tackle “issues at the intersection of technology and geopolitics.”
However, the program was later deemed too “open and honest” and was reworked into Jigsaw by Google’s parent company Alphabet.
Google now describes Jigsaw as being a tool for tackling intentionally vague, made-up ideas such as “misinformation,” “hate speech,” and “toxicity.”
The corporation insists that it only weaponizes the information flow to create “a safer internet.”
Jigsaw’s latest weapon in the war on free speech is a new initiative to “identify and mitigate toxicity that frequently reduces participation in online debates.”
The company says it is launching this effort to “protect online spaces from hate and toxicity.”
To meet new censorship standards, Google promises more investment in “moderation” tools.
In a post on Medium, those behind Jigsaw try to suggest their censorship efforts will advance free speech.
They claim that censoring free speech, by excluding those branded as propagators of “toxicity” and “hate,” won’t reduce participation in online “conversation”
Instead, they insist shutting down wrongthink will “enable more voices to participate.”
full story at https://slaynews.com/news/google-launch-new-censorship-effort-crack-down-toxicity/
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