Google Becomes Evil

Counter to its positive mythology, Google manipulates search results to suit its own corporate purposes, quashing free access to information on the Web.

By Tom Valovic | October 16, 2019 | Ethics, Journalism, Media, Privacy, Society | Algorithms, Alternative Voices, AlterNet, Carey Gillam, Censorship, Control, Disinformation, Filtering, Fraud, Google, Harrassment, Information, Mercola.com, Monopoly, Monsanto, Search Engine, The Guardian, YMYL

The Suicide Algorithm: Facebook’s Self-Appointed Role in Mental Health

Facebook’s invasive attempts to identify suicidal individuals, while collecting revenue from advertisers targeting them, may do more harm than good.

By Lucy Uprichard | June 28, 2017 | Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Health, Media, Prediction, Psychology | Advertising, AI, Algorithms, Anxiety, Artificial Intelligence, Care, Community, Depression, Facebook, Forums, Health Care, Insecurity, Intervention, Medicine, Mental Health, Profiling, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, The Australian, The Guardian, Therapy, Trust, Vice

A&Q: Search’s New World Order

Online search has already been framing the way we look at the world. Now it’s starting to anticipate what we’re looking for.

By Lorenzo Migliorato | December 21, 2016 | Automation, Knowledge, Media, Prediction, Society | Algorithms, Confirmation Bias, Facebook, Fact-Checking, Fake News, Google, Headlines, Holocaust, Polarization, Search Engines, The Guardian