Why Google Has Become a Social Control Media Company (and Should be Treated as Such)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-06-13 08:40:36 UTC
Modified: 2022-06-13 12:11:58 UTC

-	Censorship	'Engagement'-driven time-wasting	SPAM/bots	Surveillance	Clickbait and misinformation
Google News/Alerts	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢ÅË	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ
Google Search	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢ÅË	Ã¢ÅË	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢ÅË
YouTube	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ
Twitter	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ
Facebook	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ	Ã¢Åâ

Summary: Objective comparative breakdown of how Google stacks up against notorious social control media giants, which spread falsehoods and exploit their centralised nature; another suitable aspect might be, are they supportive of Free software clients (e.g. non-JavaScript fallback and extensive Web browser support), though that would be a software freedom and/or Internet freedom aspect

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