Posted on 11/15/2016 12:42:11 PM PST by jonatron
...the tech behemoths could no longer ignore the growing outcry over their power in distributing information to the American electorate.
During the past week, two of the world’s biggest internet companies have faced mounting criticism over how fake news on their sites may have influenced the presidential election’s outcome.
On Monday, those companies responded by making it clear that they would not tolerate such misinformation by taking pointed aim at fake news sites’ revenue sources.
Google kicked off the action Monday afternoon when the Silicon Valley search giant said it would ban websites that peddle fake news from using its online advertising service. Hours later, Facebook, the social network, updated the language in its ad policy, which already said it will not display ads in sites that show misleading or illegal content, to include fake news sites.
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Well we hung hillary on our last episode of Tar and Feather News network.
So I guess we’ll be gone soon.
Google and Facebook are fake news sites
“Curated”
The global elites who wish to rule over all of us demand that the worldwide flow of information be “curated.”
What about fake-but-accurate news sites?
Wow, really hard to guess what’s going on here. /s
“Why do I get the feeling that so-called “alt-right” news sources will be targeted while CBS/ABC/MSNBC/CNN & NPR and all the usual MSM Newspapers will be considered the only purveyors of truth while everyone else is blocked? “
That’s what the Fairness Doctrine did, in effect. This is government censorship without the hand of government explicitly visible.
And who get s to decide what is “fake news”?
NYT and Wapo hardest hit
“Fake” is the new accepted term for “conservative” or “right.”
If FB, Google, etc. try that, they will get the treatment they deserve from informed consumers (Patriots). Their earnings and stock prices will plummet.
They mean “fake news sites that make liberals look bad”.
Fake news sites that make conservatives look bad are called “Satire sites”.
“And who get s to decide what is “fake news”?”
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Easy enough. If a news site reports on Democrat wrongdoing, it’s a fake news site.
Democrats, of course.
A few days ago I was reading an AOL news article (I think). To the right was a brief announcement the Trump was dead. I clicked on that and all kinds of weird red and other messages came on warning me. I tried to get of click red X, etc. But nothing worked. Then I called in my computer guru who after a few minutes was finally able to get rid of this page. He made sure I had not tried to click anything other than the red X. Anyone get anything like that?
Me. I will. For less than 400K per year, I hear there will be a 400K surplus in January. I want overtime for Hate Speech, though, that’s extra.
If they do this, it’s time to hit Google and Facebook hard with antitrust fines and regulations.
We’re getting the first glimpse of Soros’ new strategy.
Just wait until the FCC and UN get up to speed on this. Everything that is not ‘per the agenda’ will be blocked, banned and punished severely.......................
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