Google Censor Health Information

[Shqipe]

The latest Google search update has censored tons of reputable health websites. Seems like they want to show you what they want you too see and not what you want to see. A year ago if you for example type in "diabetes 2" on Google search you would see Mercola on top. But now you see shit from WebMD. 

Governments have been active for many decades in blocking your access to important health information.

Pharmaceutical companies fund a huge chunk of the FDA’s budget.

GOOGLE IS MORPHING FROM AN ‘ORGANIC’ SEARCH ENGINE TO A TOOL OF CENSORSHIP.

 

If you want to search for health-related content, use Bing or Duckduckgo. Google might have teamed up with Big Pharma.

Good article about this topic:

https://selfhacked.com/blog/google-censorship-of-health-websites-is-taken-to-the-next-level/

How did Google become the internet’s censor and master manipulator? 

 

Edited August 14, 2019 by Shqipe

[linxx]

I think Google joined the dark side a long time ago. 

[brugluiz]

They have been censoring YouTube a lot too. I see many YouTubers complaining about their platform these days. I think it's a huge opportunity for another company to beat down Google, because there are many people disatisfied with their services.

[Yog]

I feel your beef @Shqipe
Its been doing that quite a lot recently. And blame it on the AI in the end.

Its good that you still have a choice !

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There is a digital-hygiene drill:

Delete Chrome
Install Firefox or Brave
Switch to DuckDuckGo, Startpage or Bing
Use Protonmail or Tutanota instead.

There are also other alternatives, these being the most popular ones.
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I felt it is a good personal and ethical choice to - not give my life-force to these manipulative companies.
And give it to other more respecting and ethical companies.

And who knows how ethical those are. Just as google downright lies. So can these.
Still. I think its worth the shot.

Edited August 15, 2019 by Yog

[brugluiz]

I was thinking about that these days. Just Gmail is a bit difficult to stop using and sometimes I would need to use Google, but not all the time.

[Yog]

I still do use it, its just for professional and public things. That's all.

But not for any other things like browsing, visiting and reading sites, forums, slack, discort, shopping, banking ect ....I do use the other stuff.

I don't care if they know what kind of porn I watch or what I ate. I'd let them sit in my room and watch me and follow me all day if they want.

Its the massive profiling capability, the ability to predict behavior and subconsciously manipulate it to their liking is what I don't like. Witch it has clearly utilized on multiple occasions and what is even worse, it got away with it . Imagine.... if the next Stalin or Hitler got hold of all of that already cooked data. It will make Orwell look like a kindergarten book writer.

Its by our actions that we prevent these things.

Edited August 15, 2019 by Yog

[brugluiz]

57 minutes ago, Yog said:

I still do use it, its just for professional and public things. That's all.

But not for any other things like browsing, visiting and reading sites, forums, slack, discort, shopping, banking ect ....I do use the other stuff.

I don't care if they know what kind of porn I watch or what I ate. I'd let them sit in my room and watch me and follow me all day if they want.

Its the massive profiling capability, the ability to predict behavior and subconsciously manipulate it to their liking is what I don't like. Witch it has clearly utilized on multiple occasions and what is even worse, it got away with it . Imagine.... if the next Stalin or Hitler got hold of all of that already cooked data. It will make Orwell look like a kindergarten book writer.

Its by our actions that we prevent these things.

That's a very interesting perspective. I wouldn't say it's paranoid. I would say it's clever. 

I think that not receiving a lot of ads and manipulative feedback is great too.

[Yog]

1 hour ago, brugluiz said:

That's a very interesting perspective. I wouldn't say it's paranoid. I would say it's clever. 

I think that not receiving a lot of ads and manipulative feedback is great too.

Here is even a better one. Imagine if a rogue AI of Boston Dynamics got hold of it.
Snipe you out with a 1cm drone for pressing that sandwich maker too hard back in 2015.

We could make a movie man! A fortune !!

Oh wait.... Terminator did that

Imagining fucked up scenarios, its the curse of the artist. 
Lets hope its just.... my imagination.

F**k I am sleep deprived.

Edited August 15, 2019 by Yog

[brugluiz]

@Yog, I enjoy your imagination, sir.

Have some sleep by the way.

[Frazza4]

Nothing makes me more furious than the bullshit of the medical establishment. Google is also very quick to put anti - "quackery" sources up at the top too. 

Oh, and how about good ol' "SCIENCE-BASED MEDICINE?" Detoxification is fake and chemo is not dangerous? Nice! Those people should fuck themselves, this shit makes me wish hell was real. Google selling out makes it all the more sad...

Edited August 15, 2019 by Frazza4