If you value a robust media offering a variety of voices, you should be troubled by a chilling incident that occurred this week.
Citing the work of two foreign-based activist groups, NBC News reported Tuesday that Google would demonetize a conservative news and opinion outlet, The Federalist–meaning not allow it to carry Google Ads on its site.
Why? Because of The Federalist’s coverage of the George Floyd protests.
Later that day, Google clarified that its specific issue was the comments section below articles on The Federalist, not the articles themselves. When The Federalist removed its comments section, Google said it considered the issue resolved.
This episode shows how a media outlet such as NBC News apparently is willing to collude with radicals alongside one of the world’s most powerful tech companies to ruin the competition.
“Google’s ban of the websites [The Federalist and financial blog ZeroHedge] comes after the company was notified of research conducted by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a British nonprofit that combats online hate and misinformation,” NBC initially reported, according to Fox News. “They found that 10 U.S-based websites have published what they say are racist articles about the [Floyd/ Black Lives Matter] protests, and projected that the websites would make millions of dollars through Google Ads.”
NBC worked with two left-wing advocacy organizations as sources in its reporting: the Center for Countering Digital Hate and Stop Funding Fake News.
NBC reported that Google blocked The Federalist from its advertising platform after NBC brought the project to its attention. The tech giant already had demonetized...
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The Federalist caved to Google. Instead of finding other ways to raise funds, it silenced its readers.
ReplyDeleteI keep seeing that it is not as much about censorship of the message as it is about money. There are many ways to promote a message on line that does not include Google, Facebook, etc. but that cuts off the easy money to these sites.
I have little sympathy for their self-imposed problem that they, the Federalist and others, are not willing to address. So let's call this for what it is, money. The Federalist has just shown that it values the easy Google money over the free expression of their readers.
We are living in a bad time. By silencing the comments of readers google creates separation and makes uniting harder which is why they have done it, thus they have won. If conservatives keep tolerating this treatment they will lose all they believe in. I believe in fighting with all you have including violence, I worked with bikers who are like liberals, they will take all you have if you allow it. Violence has its uses. A dead biker is a good biker.
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