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Google blacklists conservative online site, American Thinker
American Thinker ^ | 08/15/2019 | Taylor Day

Posted on 08/15/2019 7:07:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

In a video and article published on Wednesday, ex-Google employee Zach Vorhies speaks with the antitrust investigators at Project Veritas about the thousands of internal Google documents he recently released to the public.  Among the cache of information is a list of sites that Google has blacklisted with an algorithm developed to alter users' search results.  American Thinker is one of them.

The highlighted photo below is from frequent contributor Steve McCann

It wasn’t easy for Vorhies to break away from his lucrative Google salary and come forward with the trove of information that shows a huge political bias by his former employer.  Google even had police called to do a “wellness check” and had him hauled away in handcuffs as an intimidation strategy that shook up Vorhies enough that he actually feared for his own life.

Still, he prevailed, and the whistleblower tells Project Veritas that he feels that a burden has been lifted.

Statements made by President Trump and other conservative leaders about the censorship and bias on sites like Google have been written off as “right-wing conspiracy theories.”  Google enjoys comfortable legal protections under what is referred to as “Section 230,” which means that Internet publishers aren’t held responsible for user-generated content - as long as they remain a neutral platform.

But Google’s actions outline more than just a strong bias, they show active involvement in an Orwellian effort to change of outcome of future elections and the political climate in the U.S.  Google’s internal documents have initiatives with dystopian titles such as “Project Purple Rain: Crisis Response & Escalation,” which refers to keeping an around-the-clock staff dedicated to controlling news narratives as soon as a story hits the headlines.  Other documents show “fringe rankings” and “feed blacklists” as a way to discredit

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2020election; americanthinker; blacklist; election2020; freeerepublic; freerepublic; google; internet; liberalfascism; projectveritas; technotyranny
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To: SeekAndFind

“Google enjoys comfortable legal protections under what is referred to as “Section 230,” which means that Internet publishers aren’t held responsible for user-generated content - as long as they remain a neutral platform.”

Thanks, I had been wondering why the Google CEO would Flat-out lie to Congress when asked about political bias. He was taking a big chance there...particularly if we now have a functional Justice Department (and don’t laugh, please).


21 posted on 08/15/2019 7:45:59 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: faithhopecharity
Break up the communist monopoly Google! Break it up now.

I'm completely on-board with this. But what's to prevent the broken up pieces from being promptly infested by leftists at the executive strategy level, exactly as Google itself has been?


22 posted on 08/15/2019 7:50:33 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: SeekAndFind

Google is a clear and present danger to the United States, and should be shut down!

Close the doors on Google, NOW!

And, while you are at it, Facebook, too!

Dens of Evil they are!


23 posted on 08/15/2019 7:53:59 AM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s blatant. When I do a Google search on current events of items of interest I invariably see Vox, Slate, HuffPo and other liberal rags but never, if even rarely, see conservative sites. The bias is as plain as listening to NPR.


24 posted on 08/15/2019 7:54:52 AM PDT by Frapster ("Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.")
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

It could hwpp n that way yes. But at least new entrant companies would find it possible to get started up without having to fight their way in the door with a 666 ton monopolist googie monster blocking their way


25 posted on 08/15/2019 7:56:13 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Pride in the USA
Yep. Their worst nightmare is Trump having a second term because, given enough time, he will end their Machiavellian tyranny.
26 posted on 08/15/2019 1:38:41 PM PDT by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is Google taking play-per-click ad money from any of these sites?


27 posted on 08/15/2019 2:45:19 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: SeekAndFind; LucyT

Google 'blacklisted' The Christian Post, whistleblower reveals




28 posted on 08/15/2019 2:49:58 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: Fedora
Does the mafia collect money from any of the businesses that they shut down?


29 posted on 08/15/2019 3:00:12 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: FreedomPoster

Yes: Donald Trump got elected.


30 posted on 08/15/2019 5:58:48 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: CedarDave

I’m thinking that list gives me some sites I should check out.


31 posted on 08/15/2019 6:00:27 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SeekAndFind

There are actually quite a few recognizable sites on that list.

Particularly,

Christian post

media matters,

The Federalist papers.


32 posted on 08/16/2019 10:53:56 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton

Is Free Republic on this list?


33 posted on 08/16/2019 10:59:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is Free Republic on this list?


yep.


34 posted on 08/16/2019 11:43:34 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Scrambler Bob

Interesting—I guess you need to get very creative in your mis-spelling to find hidden sites.

No federal grants, loans, contracts should be going to Google or any of its shareholders, board of directors, affilates etc.

That is one good way to send the message—”You censor, you get censured.”


35 posted on 08/17/2019 4:35:36 AM PDT by cgbg (Democracy dies in darkness when Bezos bans books.)
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To: cgbg

I took that excerpt from this list

https://www.projectveritas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/youtube_controversial_query_blacklist.pdf

It is 40 pages long. The first 15 pages are related to the Las Vegas incident. Then some other incidents. Then some really bizarre stuff scattered through there. These guys have a really perverted mind, but the web is full of perversion, so I guess that is the ‘world’ they occupy.


36 posted on 08/17/2019 6:51:08 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (/S liberally (oops) applied to all posts.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If I type in American Thinker in Google, it comes right up. What am I missing?


37 posted on 08/17/2019 6:58:06 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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