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gatorguy said:

boltsfan17 said:

gatorguy said:

boltsfan17 said:

ericthehalfbee said:

I don’t think Google modifies search results to lean left or right (as Trump claims). In fact, it would make more sense to show results consistent with what the specific user wants, not to force something on them that’s different from their views.

That said, I’m not convinced Google doesn’t alter results based on monetary issues (such as paid advertisers). Or lets results of their own products climb higher in the rankings than they normally would. 

I actually believe Google is doing this. I've seen a ton of people testing the search results and more than 97% of the results are from liberal outlets when you Google things such as Trump news. I've tested this myself and saw the same results. There wasn't one conservative news source in the first few pages of results.Some mathematician published a report from about this and all his findings indicated Google is doing this. From Google firing James Damore, to the leaked e-mail where Google employees talk about burying conservative sites after Trump won the election, I think there is enough evidence that shows Google is more than likely manipulating its algorithm to favor left leaning sites. 

Have you done the exact same searches with Bing and DDG and Yahoo to see how the results differ? That might be an idea. 

Actually I have. I tried Bing and DDG and both had conservative sites in the search results unlike Google. 

How about an example we can try for ourselves?

gatorguy said:

boltsfan17 said:

ericthehalfbee said:

I don’t think Google modifies search results to lean left or right (as Trump claims). In fact, it would make more sense to show results consistent with what the specific user wants, not to force something on them that’s different from their views.

That said, I’m not convinced Google doesn’t alter results based on monetary issues (such as paid advertisers). Or lets results of their own products climb higher in the rankings than they normally would. 

I actually believe Google is doing this. I've seen a ton of people testing the search results and more than 97% of the results are from liberal outlets when you Google things such as Trump news. I've tested this myself and saw the same results. There wasn't one conservative news source in the first few pages of results.Some mathematician published a report from about this and all his findings indicated Google is doing this. From Google firing James Damore, to the leaked e-mail where Google employees talk about burying conservative sites after Trump won the election, I think there is enough evidence that shows Google is more than likely manipulating its algorithm to favor left leaning sites. 

Have you done the exact same searches with Bing and DDG and Yahoo to see how the results differ? That might be an idea. 

ericthehalfbee said:

I don’t think Google modifies search results to lean left or right (as Trump claims). In fact, it would make more sense to show results consistent with what the specific user wants, not to force something on them that’s different from their views.

That said, I’m not convinced Google doesn’t alter results based on monetary issues (such as paid advertisers). Or lets results of their own products climb higher in the rankings than they normally would. 

GeorgeBMac said:

gutengel said:

Apple should suspend these apps from the App Store indefinitely!

Essentially, I assumed that ANY app that provided unlimited location services to (whether the app was open of not) was selling my location.    Maybe it would be better to force them to clearly describe in language easily understood exactly what they are sharing and to whom -- and to update the user if it changes.

WeatherBug is one of my most heavily used apps and I would miss it greatly.
I actually kind of liked the TheWeatherChannel better, but it doesn't run well on my 6+, so I stick with WeatherBug.

Or too, these apps, could offer a purchase option or subscription to make up for lost advertising revenue.

There are a number of options.