Thursday, September 29, 2011

Google And Facebook As Big Brother?

It’s a bit pompous to say that this blog is IMPORTANT, but I think I will anyway.

The credit is not mine to take, as this one is all about the video. Thanks to Q97.9 Night-time star Rob Steele for sending me the link yesterday.

Did you think “search” was created equal? I did.
Did you think that the internet was the great leveler of the playing field? I did too.

You may be in for a rude awakening after watching the following video. Watch it before YouTube (owned by Google) takes it down:




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLXa1kEMooU

The founders of Google had as their core mantra, “Don’t Be Evil”. What may have started as an earnest attempt to “personalize” the feeds for users has turned into a filter that not only can you not control---you are not even AWARE that content is being kept from you.

Scary. And, in a way....evil.

Your thoughts welcome-either as a comment or an e-mail, which you can also use to subscribe for free (and UNFILTERED!) daily: tim.moore@cumulus.com

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