Robert Steele: Google Filtering — Should It Be Illegal?

I coined the term #GoogleGestapo and have watched with great concern as the major platforms — Amazon, Facebook, Google, MeetUp, Twitter, and YouTube particularly, have violated their commitment to Congress (the Communications Decency Act indemnifies them on content with the intent of protecting free speech). They are all censoring individuals and manipulating information with impunity.  …

Stephen E. Arnold: Google Is A Publisher — Laws That Apply to Publishers Now Apply to Google?

Google: Another Glitch Down Under DarkCyber spotted this story from ABC.net.au: ‘Publisher’ Google Ordered to Pay $40k in Damages for Defaming Melbourne Lawyer after Court Ruling. Aside from the money, the key point in the write up is the word “publisher.” I wrote Google: The Digital Gutenberg in 2008. The book is now out of …

Stephen E. Arnold: Zoom to the Oracle — Robert Steele: Zoom Under Attack by Google Dirty Tricks and Naked Short Selling?

Zoom to the Oracle One Dolphin Way is flipping with excitement. DarkCyber spotted “Oracle Wins Cloud Computing Deal with Zoom as Video Calls Surge.” From the truthy real news outfit DarkCyber learned: Zoom and Oracle did not disclose the size of the deal, but said traffic for “millions” of meeting participants is being handled by …

Stephen E. Arnold: Google Free Product Listings Challenge Amazon?

Google Free Product Listings: A Free-for-All The battle royale is one of the keys to Fortnite’s success. There will be one winner. Google, if the information in the article “In Major Shift, Google Shopping Opens Up to Free Product Listings” is accurate, has declared war on Amazon’s digital catalog of products. The Google-Amazon dust up …