The Good Censor

Another Google document has found its way into the public domain, this time through Breitbart. The news publication reports that an 85-page briefing entitled “The Good Censor,” advises tech companies to “police tone instead of content” and to not “take sides” when censoring users.

This must be why Activist Post remains censored on YouTube and the wrongful suspension still hasn’t been removed, along with other accounts that were removed, or further why Iran has had 39 YouTube channels deleted. It must be Google’s “new position as ‘moderators in chief.'” (page 70)

The document, which can be read in full at Breitbart, admits in writing that big Silicon Valley companies including Google have shifted toward censoring users, moving away from their original values. Moreover, the mission to “create an unmediated ‘marketplace of ideas'” has become a plan by tech companies to “create well-ordered spaces for safety and civility.” (page 67)

You can read the rest @
https://www.activistpost.com/2018/10/leaked-google-document-police-tone-over-content-shift-towards-censorship.html

And here is a link to the document itself:

https://www.scribd.com/document/390521673/The-Good-Censor-GOOGLE-LEAK [subscription may be required]

This is all rather clever and frightening at the same time.

Since the government isn't doing this directly, Google can say it's not violating the First Amendment. It's all covered by the "terms of service" agreement.

But it's becoming difficult to differentiate between the two (Google and the government), so should we allow this phony corporate shield to continue?

I say no. Shut Google down, before they do any more damage.