[ Google Issues ] WARNING REGARDING GOOGLE/ALPHABET

[Lauren Weinstein]

WARNING REGARDING GOOGLE/ALPHABET

Google (Alphabet) is reinstating the worst of YouTube creators who
were "permanently" banned for COVID-19 and election integrity
misinformation. Alphabet is now saying "Biden made them do the bans."

Clearly, billionaire CEO Sundar -- who we've seen palling around with
Trump of course -- has gone full MAGA. Google is purposely
conflating -- that is, purposely confusing -- necessary moderation to protect
people and elections from masses of misinformation designed to mislead
them, often in devastating ways -- from censorship created to suppress
specific valid points of view.

There is an enormous difference -- Sundar and his Alphabet minions
know this full well. They also know that their Gemini AI is a source
of often dangerous misinformation on a planetary scale, and it's
likely this has also entered into their recently (in a letter to
Congress) announced changes.

Given Google's enthusiastic embrace of MAGA, I do not consider my past
statements applauding the security and privacy of user information at
Google to be reliable guidance moving forward from now. I have no
confidence that Sundar would not quickly (or ultimately) agree to
virtually any demands made by the Trump administration, however
invasive or illegal they might actually be.

I do not have specific recommendations for alternatives to Google or
their services, so please don't ask me for them! But I do recommend
keeping the obvious shift in Google's behavior in mind, and you would
be wise to assume that they are fully and completely in bed with
fascist Trump in many ways -- or soon will be -- absent clear and
convincing evidence to the contrary.

If Google/Alphabet wishes to discuss any of this with me and point out
any errors in my analysis, they know my email address.

Take care, all.

L

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