Leaked Google Briefing Admits Abandonment of Free Speech for ‘Safety And Civility’

Breitbart ^ | OCTOBER 9, 2018 | Allum Bokhari

[Mount Athos]

An internal company briefing produced by Google and leaked exclusively to Breitbart News argues that due to a variety of factors, including the election of President Trump, the “American tradition” of free speech on the internet is no longer viable. Despite leaked video footage showing top executives declaring their intention to ensure that the rise of Trump and the populist movement is just a “blip” in history, Google has repeatedly denied that the political bias of its employees filter into its products.

But the 85-page briefing, titled “The Good Censor,” admits that Google and other tech platforms now “control the majority of online conversations” and have undertaken a “shift towards censorship” in response to unwelcome political events around the world.

Examples cited in the document include the 2016 election and the rise of Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) in Germany.

Responding to the leak, an official Google source said the document should be considered internal research, and not an official company position.

The briefing labels the ideal of unfettered free speech on the internet a “utopian narrative” that has been “undermined” by recent global events as well as “bad behavior” on the part of users.

[relictele]

Landru luvs it.

[Paine in the Neck]

As with “collegiality” in Congress, “civility” is just shorthand for taking what the leftists dish out and replying “Please, sir, I’d like some more.”

[Liz]

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, presides over a high tech anti-America company, spewing agit-prop bent on destroying our democratic process.
He thumbed his nose at America refusing to testify over this issue before the US Congress recently, preferring to fly back to India.
Pichai is disloyal to the American system of justice, the American electoral system, and the US Constitution.

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(hat tip nickednack)

<><> these tech companies should be broken up using existing anti-trust laws which are more than adequate for the task,

<><> they should be categorized as any other 1st Amendment platform, not an open forum,

<><> they should lose their Section 230 liability protections under the Communications Decency Act,

<><> all banned, suspended, shadow banned, or demonized conservatives should sue the panties off these weak-titted SJ fascists.

[mewzilla]

After reading that, now I want their happy a$$es hauled in to testify before Congress. Under oath.

[Tench_Coxe]

Anti-trust in the future?

[Liz]

GOOGLE’S UNSETTLING VISION OF SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL ENGINEERING
This internal video from 2016 shows a Google concept for how total data collection could reshape society
By Vlad Savov@vladsavov May 17, 2018

Google has built a multibillion-dollar business out of knowing everything about its users. Now, a video produced within Google and obtained by The Verge offers a stunningly ambitious and unsettling look at how some at the company envision using that information in the future. The video was made in late 2016 by Nick Foster, the head of design at X (formerly Google X) and a co-founder of the Near Future Laboratory.

The video, shared internally within Google, imagines a future of total data collection, where Google helps nudge users into alignment with their goals, custom-prints personalized devices to collect more data, and even guides the behavior of entire populations to solve global problems like poverty and disease.

When reached for comment on the video, an X spokesperson provided the following statement to The Verge: “We understand if this is disturbing -- it is designed to be. This is a thought-experiment by the Design team from years ago that uses a technique known as ‘speculative design’ to explore uncomfortable ideas and concepts in order to provoke discussion and debate. It’s not related to any current or future products.”

All the data collected by your devices, the so-called ledger, is presented as a bundle of information that can be passed on to other users for the betterment of society. Titled The Selfish Ledger, the 9-minute film starts off with a history of Lamarckian epigenetics, which are broadly concerned with the passing on of traits acquired during an organism’s lifetime. Narrating the video, Foster acknowledges that the theory may have been discredited when it comes to genetics but says it provides a useful metaphor for user data. (The title is an homage to Richard Dawkins’ 1976 book The Selfish Gene.) The way we use our phones creates “a constantly evolving representation of who we are,” which Foster terms a “ledger,” positing that these data profiles could be built up, used to modify behaviors, and transferred from one user to another:

“User-centered design principles have dominated the world of computing for many decades, but what if we looked at things a little differently? What if the ledger could be given a volition or purpose rather than simply acting as a historical reference? What if we focused on creating a richer ledger by introducing more sources of information? What if we thought of ourselves not as the owners of this information, but as custodians, transient carriers, or caretakers?”--snip---rest at source

[Liz]

Here’s who we’re dealing with (from the video).

Would someone please call the fashion police?

[Biggirl]

They are inviting the feds to step in to look at monopoly issues in regards to Google.

[rarestia]

If you’re using Google products, you’re not paying attention. GMail, Android phones, their search engine: they’re all connected back to the behemoth that is Google. Apple has proven to be a bit better about protecting privacy, and unless you want to go back to the old Nokia flip phone days, there’s really no other viable competitor in the phone market these days.

Stop using Google!

[3boysdad]

Good point. I don’t keep up with tech stuff that much anymore. What’s the best recommendation for an alternative to Google? Bing?

[Paladin2]

My Junior HS VP threatened me with putting dings in my Permanent Record.

These days that is a real threat....

[sickoflibs]

RE:”The briefing associates Google’s new role as the guarantor of “civility” with the categories of “editor” and “publisher.” This is significant, given that Google, YouTube, and other tech giants publicly claim they are not publishers but rather neutral platforms — a categorization that grants them special legal immunities under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act”

This needs to be investigated.

[Chickensoup]

duck duck go is ok,no speller though

Gab, Minds Bitchute

[rarestia]

I’ve been using DuckDuckGo for years. They don’t track you and don’t save your search history. IXquick works well.

Bing is okay, but it’s Microsoft. While I’m a big MS supporter, I only use their search for work related stuff.

[rarestia]

They’re a private entity. Private organizations are under no obligation to follow the protections in the bill of rights. It’s our duty as consumers to stop using their services. That’s how a free market works.

[traderrob6]

“American tradition of free speech”

SERIOUSLY???? It’s one helluva lot more than an “American tradition”.

[dp0622]

Agreed.

BTW, love your tagline :)

Amazon is no better.

BTW, amazon stock has a 300+ P/E ratio.

A high one would be 40 or 50.

Either the big boys know something we don’t or the average investor thinks Amazon will take over EVERYTHING they are involved in within the next 3 or 4 years.

[tomkat]

Still works just fine, thanks:

             

[tomkat]

https://duckduckgo.com/