>Can you imagine a world where Google decided they wouldn't filter spam because it was too controversial
Absolutely. Another solution would simply fill in the vacuum. Google—-Alphabet, rather—-is a for-profit corporation. Their initial success was the result of outperforming other services in a field so nascent that no one really knew exactly what it was. Google is no one’s friend; they’re not subject to anything except clear demarcations of legal statue and the court system.
It’s important to realize “this stuff” may, someday, very well become your stuff, my stuff and our stuff.
That’s the threat, in my opinion. Information is not harmful. Information we can each investigate and self-audit within our own brains. Google we cannot investigate, and it will never experience anything close to a public-facing audit.
Don’t capitulate your God given power away. The power to think. To question. To be wrong. To change your mind. To grow.
Absolutely. Another solution would simply fill in the vacuum. Google—-Alphabet, rather—-is a for-profit corporation. Their initial success was the result of outperforming other services in a field so nascent that no one really knew exactly what it was. Google is no one’s friend; they’re not subject to anything except clear demarcations of legal statue and the court system.
It’s important to realize “this stuff” may, someday, very well become your stuff, my stuff and our stuff.
That’s the threat, in my opinion. Information is not harmful. Information we can each investigate and self-audit within our own brains. Google we cannot investigate, and it will never experience anything close to a public-facing audit.
Don’t capitulate your God given power away. The power to think. To question. To be wrong. To change your mind. To grow.
One man’s opinion.