(08-28-2018, 07:01 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Can't tell you how many times I have searched for news, and have to go to the 2nd or 3rd pages to get past the bs click bait/biased articles just to find a reasonably non-biased group.

(08-28-2018, 07:01 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Can't tell you how many times I have searched for news, and have to go to the 2nd or 3rd pages to get past the bs click bait/biased articles just to find a reasonably non-biased group.

(08-28-2018, 07:01 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Can't tell you how many times I have searched for news, and have to go to the 2nd or 3rd pages to get past the bs click bait/biased articles just to find a reasonably non-biased group.

(08-28-2018, 08:09 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I just use Ask Jeeves.

(08-28-2018, 10:38 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Are you saying the Republican party wants to increase regulations on a private business for political purposes and control what American citizens see?

Sure sounds like the death of the Republican party to me

(08-28-2018, 11:02 PM)Vlad Wrote: Aww this is nothing, no big deal.

https://www.projectveritas.com/2018/01/11/undercover-video-twitter-engineers-to-ban-a-way-of-talking-through-shadow-banning-algorithms-to-censor-opposing-political-opinions/

Steven Pierre, Twitter engineer explains “shadow banning,” says “it’s going to ban a way of talking”


Former Twitter software engineer Abhinav Vadrevu on shadow banning: “they just think that no one is engaging with their content, when in reality, no one is seeing it”

Former Twitter Content Review Agent Mo Norai explains banning process: “if it was a pro-Trump thing and I’m anti-Trump… I banned his whole account… it’s at your discretion”

W[b]hen asked if banning process was an unwritten rule, Norai adds “Very. A lot of unwritten rules… It was never written it was more said”
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Olinda Hassan, Policy Manager for Twitter Trust and Safety explains, “we’re trying to ‘down rank’… shitty people to not show up,” “we’re working [that] on right now”

“Shadow banning” to be used to stealthily target political views- former Twitter engineer says, “that’s a thing”
Censorship of certain political viewpoints to be automated via “machine learning” according to Twitter software engineer

Parnay Singh, Twitter Direct Messaging Engineer, on machine learning algorithms, “you have like five thousand keywords to describe a redneck…” “the majority of it are for Republicans”
(San Francisco) In the latest undercover Project Veritas video investigation, current and former Twitter employees are on camera explaining steps the social media giant is taking to censor political content that they don’t like.

(08-28-2018, 11:02 PM)Vlad Wrote: Aww this is nothing, no big deal.

https://www.projectveritas.com/2018/01/11/undercover-video-twitter-engineers-to-ban-a-way-of-talking-through-shadow-banning-algorithms-to-censor-opposing-political-opinions/

Steven Pierre, Twitter engineer explains “shadow banning,” says “it’s going to ban a way of talking”


Former Twitter software engineer Abhinav Vadrevu on shadow banning: “they just think that no one is engaging with their content, when in reality, no one is seeing it”

Former Twitter Content Review Agent Mo Norai explains banning process: “if it was a pro-Trump thing and I’m anti-Trump… I banned his whole account… it’s at your discretion”

W[b]hen asked if banning process was an unwritten rule, Norai adds “Very. A lot of unwritten rules… It was never written it was more said”
[/b]
Olinda Hassan, Policy Manager for Twitter Trust and Safety explains, “we’re trying to ‘down rank’… shitty people to not show up,” “we’re working [that] on right now”

“Shadow banning” to be used to stealthily target political views- former Twitter engineer says, “that’s a thing”
Censorship of certain political viewpoints to be automated via “machine learning” according to Twitter software engineer

Parnay Singh, Twitter Direct Messaging Engineer, on machine learning algorithms, “you have like five thousand keywords to describe a redneck…” “the majority of it are for Republicans”
(San Francisco) In the latest undercover Project Veritas video investigation, current and former Twitter employees are on camera explaining steps the social media giant is taking to censor political content that they don’t like.

(08-28-2018, 10:14 PM)THE Bigzoman Wrote: Good.


Google and other companies like that are close to a monopoly on information. There's way to regulate them without increasing the barrier to entry for other startups.