In an announcement first reported by the UK Guardian, an unnamed Google executive has met with British lawmakers to discuss and institute a new program to counter “extremist” and “radical” website by blocking their search and redirecting users to “anti-extremist” links.
The article reports they will target “terrorist” groups such as ISIS, but according to the US government, almost anybody can be considered a terrorist today based on the DHS guidelines. This does not include the UK, which is known for much more grave censorship of ideas the government doesn’t like.
We have reported on Shoebat.com about Facebook’s collaboration with Chancellor Merkel and President Erdogan to censor “anti-Muslim” content and posts and aid in the prosecution of people who put them up if possible.
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2016, meet 1984. Or from The Twilight Zone’s season 2 episode, The Obsolete Man (see video below).
From the UK Guardian:
Users of Google who put extremist-related entries into the search engine are to be directed towards anti-radicalisation links under a pilot programme, MPs have been told by an executive for the company. The initiative, aimed at countering the online influence of groups such as Islamic State, is running alongside another pilot scheme designed to make videos posted by extremists easier to identify.
The schemes were mentioned by Anthony House, senior manager for public policy and communications at Google, who was appearing alongside counterparts from Twitter and Facebook at a home affairs select committee hearing on countering extremism. “We should get the bad stuff down, but but it’s also extremely important that people are able to find good information, that when people are feeling isolated, that when they go online, they find a community of hope, not a community of harm,” he said.
All three were challenged by MPs about the extent of their companies’ roles in combating the use of social media by groups such as Isis for propaganda and recruitment purposes.
Committee chairman Keith Vaz asked how many people are in the sites’ “hit squads” that monitor content. He was told Twitter, which has 320 million users worldwide, has “more than 100” staff. The Facebook and Google executives did not give a number.
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