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Google's de-ranking of RT in search results is a form of censorship and blatant propaganda

Ryan, Danielle
http://www.rt.com/op-ed/410981-google-rt-censorship-propaganda/

Publisher:  RT
Date Written:  26/11/2017
Year Published:  2017  
Resource Type:  Article

A commentary on the recent admission by an executive of Google's parent company (Alphabet) that special algorithms are being created to filter RTs news in order to make it appear less prominently in Google's search results.

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Propaganda is not just about what you say, it's also about what you don’t say. In Google's case, it's about what you choose to promote and what you choose to hide or obscure. The justification given for de-ranking RT is that it spreads lies – but Schmidt gave no examples.

In the same interview, Schmidt says he is 'very strongly not in favor of censorship" and that Google would never outright "ban" RT. What Schmidt seems to miss is that banning something is not the only form of censorship. Google is using its immense power to control what people are seeing and – no surprises here – Google would prefer it if you saw more flattering coverage of itself and the US government institutions to which it is intimately linked. That is censorship, whether Schmidt wants to admit it or not.

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