Google is very sorry for pulling down COVID misinfo and pledges never to use outside fact-checkers
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/24/google_reinstates_covid_misinfo_spreaders/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/24/google_reinstates_covid_misinfo_spreaders/
31 Comments
Embargo@lemmy.zip · 62 pts · 349d
COVID is NOT a political issue. It's an existential issue. With this, Google has just stated that it is completely fine to be a platform for insanely dangerous propaganda. Fuck this place. Has anyone caught wind of when these demons are moving to Earth 2 to leave us the fuck alone?
tehn00bi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 348d
They will make sure the earth is basically Wall-E before they leave though.
hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 347d
Earth 2? What do you think they want Greenland for?
blargh513@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 348d
I appreciate the sentiment, but the reality is that people have to stop using it.
No more google search, no more gmail, no more android, no more youtube, no more google maps.
I have largely stopped using their services, and its a pain. Getting the majority to stop using them? I just dont know how much worse they can be and yet people still use it.
Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org · 57 pts · 349d
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 36 pts · 349d
I mean I'd wager it's more simple than that, really.
"Look, we have to stop denying these available revenue streams especially when they produce more money than facts and verifiable information. We're just leaving money on the table, damn it! Who cares about the consequences as long as we can increase profits!"
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 12 pts · 349d
Occam's Razor confirms this.
No additional assumptions required, just normal revenue seeking.
Misspelledusernme@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 349d
Note. The government requested YouTube to take down content, YouTube decided that the content didn't violate their policies, and made an independent decision.
They say so in (8) in the letter (PDF)
This is not the same as the FCC threatening ABC with their license.
foggy@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 349d
De-Google
There's load of walkthroughs.
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 348d
https://privacyguides.org/ has a good one.
StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social · -5 pts · 349d
aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 349d
StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social · 2 pts · 349d
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 348d
You seem under the impression everyone uses an iphone and a hotmail account
StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social · 0 pts · 348d
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 348d
StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social · 0 pts · 348d
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 348d
Literally what are you even on about
Where in this entire thread have I made a single assumption about anything like that
Or do you just have excessive posterior communication disorder
StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social · 0 pts · 348d
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 349d
Except for the operating system on the phone
StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social · -1 pts · 349d
mcv@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 348d
It does, and it includes a browser, which is slightly annoying because I was already using Firefox. Not sure which one is better, actually.
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 348d
Yeah was pretty fab last time I used it
foggy@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 349d
That's the most naive gateway to truth I've read in the modern era.
But... Yes.
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 348d
Google should go fuck itself.
Fuck useless pile of shit masquerading as a company. I flush more useful things down the toilet every time I take a shit.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 15 pts · 349d
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 349d
There's enough money to be made in any market to have them grease the right palms in government to ensure that never happens.
DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 348d
Depends on the government. I don't think that shit would fly in the Swedish government.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 348d
I would have thought the same for New Zealand too. Our current government is shamefully cheap to donate to.
ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 348d
And what makes you think that? SD (the Swedish equivalent of MAGA and the descendants of the Nazi party) pulled in over 20% of the vote last time and the right-wing parties making up the coalition have all shown to be more than willing to cater to SD's base (edit: Although, to be fair, that's also because they have a confidence and supply agreement with the SD).
DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 348d
Do you have anything to support that SD is taking bribes or are willing to take bribes? Or that they have a close relationship with tech companies? Personally I wouldn't compare SD to the MAGA movement. Maybe AfS, but not SD.
ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 347d
I mean the xenophobia alone allows one to draw parallels, but here's an example of the party harbouring the same wildly unscientific COVID vaccine stances and unscientific claims in their ranks: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/5Ey2eW/obehorig-sd-politiker-i-riksdagens-kammare
And thanks for reminding me of the existence of AfS, it truly takes something extraordinary to be too extreme for SD to the point of getting kicked out and starting your own splinter fraction.
DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 347d
Sure, they share some opinions, but I see no evidence that he's getting paid to be a vaccine sceptic. I can only assume that's what he truly believes.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 348d
Wish we could get a class action lawsuit and sue Alphabet for pushing misinformation into our homes and spreading dangerous information that will kill people. Say $1,000 per person, and sue for $347 billion, or w.e the population is now. The MAGA people can choose to not cash their checks if they want. And I'm sure Google would gladly show that 99% of the population did, which would prompt the other 1% to do so.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 348d
This about that headline for a moment. GOOGLE doesn't have enough information to fact check misinformation. Instead they need to rely on an outside fact checker.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 348d
ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 348d
If you’re that fucking dumb, you shouldn’t have people’s information
devolution@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 348d
Fuck Google. Fuck meta. Fuck big tech!
Shamber@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 348d
Apparently, issuing an apology or claiming a mistake, is the new get out of jail free card, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO...and that Apparently goes for any tech giant, Yellow media platforms, or wait for it...Countries..gotta love what the world turned into
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 348d
I wonder what's next... Flat earth? Chemtrails? I guess paracetamol is a given.