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'''Google''' is an internet services company whose primary business is the collection and dissemination of information. However, they have become known for their political bias, as they continually slant the information they serve (particularly through their search engine and YouTube platform), in favor of leftist ideology. Their services include a [[monopoly|monopolistic]] [[search engine]] (which promotes something [[liberal]] nearly every day), a [[web browser]], webmaster tools, and [[Android (operating system)|phone operating system]]. Google is associated with liberal causes and has been criticized for manipulating search results,<ref>Nolan, Lucas (September 21, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/21/5-times-google-manipulated-search-youtube-and-news-results/ 5 Times Google Manipulated Search, YouTube, and News Results]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 21, 2018.</ref> along with catering to communist [[China]] in [[censorship|censoring]] information from the people as requested by dictators:the [[genocidal]] [[Communist Party of China]] from 2006 to 2010.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4647398.stm</ref>
Google opposes diversity of opinion and virtually never features a [[conservative]] theme on its search page, and repeatedly promotes [[liberal]] themes instead. Google espouses [[Leftist]] political policies while underpaying its own workers and even creating a severe housing crisis in its community for low-income workers. Google also exploits [[H-1B visas]] in order to import foreigners to do engineering work, with less risk of the workers leaving for a competitor to Google. Google has been criticized for its election interference, its anti-American views and anti-Semitism.
Major competitors of Google include [[Yahoo!]], [[Duck Duck Go|DuckDuckGo]], and Microsoft's [[Bing]].
== Corporate Information ==
The CEO of Google since 2001 was [[Eric Schmidt]]. He announced that he was stepping down as CEO in 2011. Google is headquartered in Mountain View, [[California]]. Google was founded on September 7, 1998, by [[Larry Page]] and [[Sergey Brin]]. Since then, it has grown to be the largest Internet search engine in the world. According to Alexa Internet, over 25% of all Internet users visit Google monthly.<ref>[http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=www.google.com Alexa Traffic Results for Google]</ref>
Google also owns [[YouTube]], the homemade [[video clip]] site. [[Viacom]] is suing YouTube, and thus Google, for a reported $1 billion, arguing that the economic model of YouTube is based on copyright infringement.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6446193.stm Viacom will sue YouTube for $1bn]</ref>
Other potential competitors, such as [[Apple]], have chosen to keep Google as its default search provider. In return, Apple received $9 billion.<ref>[https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/28/google-paying-apple-9-billion-default-seach-engine/ Google reportedly paying Apple $9 billion to remain default search engine in Safari on iOS]</ref> That amount will increase to $12 billion in 2019.<ref>[http://fortune.com/2018/09/29/google-apple-safari-search-engine/ Google reportedly paying Apple $9 billion to remain default search engine in Safari on iOS]</ref>
 
==Antitrust lawsuit==
On October 20, 2020, [[Attorney General]] [[William P. Barr]] announced an [[antitrust]] action initiated by the [[Department of Justice]] (DOJ) under the [[Sherman Anti-Trust Act]] for Google's anti-competative practices. In the statement the DOJ said:
{{quotebox-float|As one of the wealthiest companies on the planet with a market value of $1 trillion, Google is the monopoly gatekeeper to the internet for billions of users and countless advertisers worldwide. For years, Google has accounted for almost 90 percent of all search queries in the United States and has used anticompetitive tactics to maintain and extend its monopolies in search and search advertising.
 
As alleged in the Complaint, Google has entered into a series of exclusionary agreements that collectively lock up the primary avenues through which users access search engines, and thus the internet, by requiring that Google be set as the preset default general search engine on billions of mobile devices and computers worldwide and, in many cases, prohibiting preinstallation of a competitor. In particular, the Complaint alleges that Google has unlawfully maintained monopolies in search and search advertising by:
 
*Entering into exclusivity agreements that forbid preinstallation of any competing search service.
*Entering into tying and other arrangements that force preinstallation of its search applications in prime locations on mobile devices and make them undeletable, regardless of consumer preference.
*Entering into long-term agreements with Apple that require Google to be the default – and de facto exclusive – general search engine on Apple’s popular Safari browser and other Apple search tools.
*Generally using monopoly profits to buy preferential treatment for its search engine on devices, web browsers, and other search access points, creating a continuous and self-reinforcing cycle of monopolization.<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-monopolist-google-violating-antitrust-laws</ref>}}
==Secular Progressive Culture==
=== Google versus Conservatives ===
Google has also been accused of delisting [[conservative]] news sites from its search engine. As one of many examples, "In February 2005, [[Michelle Malkin]] wrote of the difficulties she was having becoming part of Google News."<ref>http://newsbusters.org/node/5477</ref> Google has made it harder to find websites promoting conservative content.<ref>Multiple references:*Svab, Petr (May 3, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/google-doubles-down-making-trump-reddit-fan-club-even-harder-to-find_2905658.html Google Doubles Down, Making Trump Reddit Fan Club Even Harder to Find]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved May 4, 2019.*Grind, Kirsten; Schechner, Sam; McMillan, Robert; West, John (November 15, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-google-interferes-with-its-search-algorithms-and-changes-your-results-11573823753 How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 17, 2019.*Bokhari, Allum (November 18, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/11/18/wsj-investigation-further-debunks-googles-claim-of-no-manual-intervention-in-searches/ WSJ Investigation Further Debunks Google’s Claim of No Manual Intervention in Searches]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 18, 2019.*Bokhari, Allum (November 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/11/19/wall-street-journal-google-manipulation-report-corroborates-years-of-breitbart-reporting/ Wall Street Journal Google Manipulation Report Corroborates Years of Breitbart Reporting]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 19, 2019.</ref>
* Many instances whereby [[information]] is comprised ideologically and displayed for the masses. Watchdog Web site NewsBusters.org published that Google had in fact labeled [[conservative]] [[American Spectator]] as "This site may harm your computer."<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/12/28/google-claims-american-spectator-site-may-harm-your-computer Google Claims Conservative Website ‘May Harm Your Computer’] December 28, 2007</ref>
* Google attempted to minimize global awareness of the [[ClimateGate]] emails and the truth about the [[anthropogenic global warming theory]], whence the term "[[Climategate#Googlegate|Googlegate]]" gained recognition across the [[Web]]. Non-coincidentally, [[Al Gore]] is on the Google advisory board.
* Curiously, leading up to [[Restoring Honor 8-28|Restoring Honor 8-28-10]]—on Google Maps—the [[Lincoln Memorial]] was being misplaced in favor of the [http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=204373&page=1&zoomIdx=1 Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial], which is a good half a mile south of the more famous memorial.<ref>Sarah Jacobsson Purewal. [http://www.pcworld.com/article/204373/google_maps_misplaces_lincoln_memorial.html Google Maps Misplaces Lincoln Memorial], ''PC World'', Aug 28, 2010.</ref> This may have been an ongoing, known problem or bug in Google Maps that hadn't been fixed yet; or, Google is censoring search results; or, Google is playing with searches for political power and gain.
* As of August 15, 2016, a Google search for "The Murder of Seth Rich" Conservapedia, yields no results, likewise a search by "The Murder of Seth Rich" Site: Conservapedia.com. But a Yahoo search brings up the Conservapedia article. Google Finally added the page to their results, but keeps it ranked lower than numerous liberal articles claiming it was all a hoax.
* During the 2016 Presidential campaign Google filtered emails from [[Donald Trump]] into Gmail users spam boxes.<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2016/06/23/users-claim-google-is-putting-trump-emails-in-their-spam-box/ Users Claim Google Is Putting Trump Emails In Their Spam Box], Alex Pfeiffer, ''Daily Caller'', 8:19 AM 06/23/2016</ref>
*Many more examples exist of Google [[Censorship|censoring]] conservatives or exhibiting bias against them.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (August 28, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/29900-google-is-not-a-search-engine-twitter-and-facebook-aren-t-social-media Google Is Not a Search Engine; Twitter and Facebook Aren’t Social Media]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 28, 2018.</ref><ref>Bokhari, Allum (August 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/28/10-times-googles-far-left-anti-trump-bias-was-exposed/ 10 Times Google’s Far-Left, Anti-Trump Bias Was Exposed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 28, 2018.</ref>
On January 25, 2007, Google claimed to have modified their PageRank algorithm to lessen the likelihood of future Google bombs<ref>[http://boingboing.net/2007/01/26/bush_no_longer_miser.html Bush no longer "miserable failure": Google tackles googlebombs]</ref>
== Google News ==
 
Google provides a news aggregator service named "Google News," which tailors without user consent which articles appear for them. Alternative news aggregator services are freely available.<ref>https://beebom.com/best-google-news-alternatives/</ref>
== Controversy ==
=== Tax Dodging ===
Google has been criticized by privacy activists and others. Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said, "We cannot even answer the most basic questions because we don’t know enough about you. That is the most important aspect of Google’s expansion." <ref>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c3e49548-088e-11dc-b11e-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html</ref> Google has attempted to "remedy" this situation by storing search information, in effect, keeping tabs on people for two years after they search. This has led Google critic [[Daniel Brandt]] to create "Scroogle.org", which runs Google searches that users conduct through his organization's personal servers to prevent Google from being able to connect any personal information to the searchers.<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55935</ref><br />
A number of other privacy concerns have arisen, including the disclosure of Google's Sensorvault database in 2019. This database reportedly contains extensive records of GPS locations on almost all Android devices. This is an extensive record of every precise location almost every individual device has ever been. This wealth of information reveals many aspects of each owner's behavior, interests, and overall lifestyle. Sensorvault has also reportedly been utilized by law enforcement to find behavioral correlations of devices, then acquire the identity information of certain users of special interest. It is unclear exactly to what extend Google (and [[Alphabet Inc.]]) have been selling/sharing access to this data, or analytical conclusion from it.<ref>https://www.eff.org/es/deeplinks/2019/04/googles-sensorvault-can-tell-police-where-youve-been</ref><ref>https://www.cnet.com/news/law-enforcement-taps-googles-sensorvault-for-location-data-report-says/</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/technology/google-sensorvault-location-tracking.html</ref> Google has sometimes been called the [[Newspeak|Orwellian]] "Ministry of Truth." In many ways, its offerings have evolved into one singular full-scale surveillance platform.<ref>[https://medium.com/@fredbcampbelljr/how-google-made-android-the-worlds-most-ubiquitous-surveillance-platform-987cdae3d08f How Google Made Android The World’s Most Ubiquitous Surveillance Platform]</ref>
''The Wall Street Journal'' reported in November 2019 that Google has sometimes had been called collecting the [[Newspeak|Orwellian]] "Ministry health data of Truth." In many ways, its offerings have evolved into one singular full-scale surveillance platformmillions of Americans.<ref>Copeland, Rob (November 11, 2019). [https://mediumwww.wsj.com/@fredbcampbelljrarticles/how-google-mades-androidsecret-theproject-worldsnightingale-mostgathers-ubiquitouspersonal-surveillancehealth-platformdata-987cdae3d08f How Google Made Android The World’s Most Ubiquitous Surveillance Platformon-millions-of-americans-11573496790 Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 17, 2019.</ref>
=== Net neutrality ===
As noted above, Professor Epstein in his testimony before the Judiciary Senate Committee stated that his research indicated that Google had manipulated the votes for the 2016 presidential elections in Hillary Clinton's favor, and also had been manipulating national elections as early as 2015, and has even insinuated that they had also manipulated the results of the 2018 midterm elections.<ref name="Epstein testimony PDF" /><ref name="Epstein testimony YouTube" />
 
====FEC disclosure exemptions====
Political advertising regarding federal elections and candidates that is purchased for appearance on radio, television and print generally must adhere to [[Federal Election Commission]] rules requiring clear disclosure of the committee or donor paying for the advertisements. During 2011, Google and [[Facebook]] hired [[Marxist]] operative [[Marc Elias]] to help them obtain an exemption from this requirement for political advertising on their platforms. Elias argued the restrictions were not practical for his clients, with FEC commissioners ultimately voting 4-2 in favor of the exemption for Google and deadlocking 3-3 on the request regarding Facebook.<ref>Vogel, Kenneth P.; and Kang, Cecilia. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/facebook-google-russia-meddling-disclosure.html “Senators Demand Online Ad Disclosures as Tech Lobby Mobilizes.”] New York Times. October 19, 2017.</ref>
 
Facebook continued to operate as if exempt from disclosure rules. During the 2016 U.S. general election, $100,000 worth of Russian-backed and undisclosed advertisements intended to influence voters were purchased on Facebook with another $4,700 spent by Russian sources on Google political advertisements. In October 2017, following the controversy that ensued regarding Russian interference in the 2016 elections, both Republican and Democratic Senators advocated for legislation to require Facebook and Google to adhere to the same disclosure rules as other media.
====2016 election meddling====
[[Tulsi Gabbard]] is suing Google for $50 million for [[censorship]] of her campaign ads.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/technology/454746-tulsi-gabbard-sues-google-over-censorship-claims</ref> Google blocked her ads account shortly after the first Democrat presidential debate, when Gabbard became the most-searched-for candidate in the Democrat field.
Gabbard’s Gabbard's complaint accuses Google of censoring the candidate at the very moment when millions of Americans wanted to learn more about her. It also accuses Google of sending Gabbard’s Gabbard's campaign emails to people’s people's Gmail spam folders at a “disproportionately high rate.” The campaign seeks a legal injunction against Google to prevent further election meddling, as well as $50 million in damages. According to Gabbard’s Gabbard's legal complaint against Google:
{{Quotebox|At the height of Gabbard’s popularity among Internet searchers in the immediate hours after the debate ended, and in the thick of the critical post-debate period (when television viewers, radio listeners, newspaper read-ers, and millions of other Americans are discussing and searching for presidential candidates), Google suspended Tulsi’s Google Ads account without warning.<br><br>For hours, as millions of Americans searched Google for information about Tulsi, and as Tulsi was trying, through Google, to speak to them, her Google Ads account was arbitrarily and forcibly taken offline. Throughout this period, the Campaign worked frantically to gather more information about the suspension; to get through to someone at Google who could get the Account back online; and to understand and remedy the restraint that had been placed on Tulsi’s speech—at precisely the moment when everyone wanted to hear from her.}}
The legal complaint argues that Google could have a nefarious impact on American democracy if its behavior is allowed to continue unchecked. This is the viewpoint of Dr. Robert Epstein, who says the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe will “go all out” to influence the 2020 election.
In a series of Tweets, the Hawaii Democrat said Google’s Google's actions “reveals the danger of their dominance & how the dominance of big tech over public discourse threatens core American values.”<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/07/25/tulsi-gabbard-sues-google-for-censorship-of-ads/</ref>
After Hillary's Clinton's xenophobic smear, [[Steven Crowder]] demonstrated during his radio program how Google was actively suppressing Tulsi Gabbard search results in the United States.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tulsis-youtube-suppressed</ref>
As was already mentioned, Google has been actively blocking certain websites and services which oppose sodomy (homosexuality). They also speak out in support of the homosexual movement, and promote search results which do the same.<ref>https://blog.google/topics/causes-community/transvoices</ref><ref>https://money.cnn.com/2012/07/08/technology/google-legalize-love/index.htm</ref><ref>https://winteryknight.com/2012/07/09/google-starts-wordlwide-campaign-to-legalize-gay-marriage-target-donates-to-gay-rights-groups</ref><ref>https://onetoday.google.com</ref> They also donate to some other organizations which do the same, as well and politicians who seek the same goal.<ref>http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/our-position-on-californias-no-on-8.html , Our position on California's No on 8 campaign</ref>
Google considers the term "family friendly" to be "[[homophobic]]."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--3oGtllMXY&feature=youtu.be</ref> On June 21, 2009, Google displayed a special multicolored line for searches on the word "gay". AdditionalyAdditionally, Google compensates employees to cover taxes paid on their domestic partner's health benefits, but only offers its 'generosity' to homosexual couples.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/01/google-raises-eyebrows-new-gay-employee-benefit/</ref>
===Collaboration with China===
*France: Privacy watchdog CNIL awarded its largest fine to date with a judgement of $141,300 against Google in relation to snooping.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/03/21/general-broadcasting-amp-entertainment-eu-france-google-fined_8366482.html France fines Google for Street View privacy breach, Forbes, March 21, 2011]</ref>
 
===Support for Antifa and Black Lives Matter===
In June 2020, Google was listed as one of numerous leftist-controlled companies that have gone "[[woke]]" and now support the criminal rioters of [[Antifa]] and [[Black Lives Matter]] in the wake of the [[2020 leftist riots]].<ref>[https://gab.com/a/posts/104311289660016704 Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead] at Gab.com</ref>
 
Seattle Google engineer, Zachary Ames Trudo, was arrested at the [[Portland, Oregon]] Antifa riot. The 32-year-old [[Marxist]] was charged with [[assault]], attempting escape and resisting arrest. Trudo posted on [[Facebook]], "One way to hurt the [[bourgeoisie]] is to hurt their business. Closing down the ports is a terrific show of solidarity between labour and BLM.”<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/burn-ground-marxist-google-engineer-arrested-portland-riot-charged-assault-resisting-arrest-attempting-escape/</ref>
==International Agitation==
=== Syrian Civil War ===
Newly released emails from [[Hillary Clinton]]'s State Department shows Google coordinating the overthrow of Bashar Assad in Syria.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/clinton-email-reveals-google-sought-overthrow-of-syrias-assad/article/2586300 Clinton email reveals: Google sought overthrow of Syria's Assad, Washington Examiner, March 19, 2016]</ref>
==Alternatives to Google==
*[[Duck Duck Go| DuckDuckGo]] - a search engine that is said to not track people. It also has "Privacy Essentials" on Firefox and Chrome and "Privacy browser" on mobile.
*[[Result Hunter]] - a search engine that favors conservative results, as opposed to Google which favors liberal results.
*[[Mojeek]] - a search engine that doesn't track people and uses a proprietary page ranking engine as opposed to PageRank, and is intended to give unbiased search results.
*[https://www.seekfind.org/| Seek Find] - a Christian search engine. Cannot be used for a general search, but a search over the Internet for information from Christian sites.
*[https://www.worthyseek.com/| Worthy Christian Search] - A similar Christian search engine.
==See also==
* [[Tools of censorship]]
* [[Yahoo]]
*[[Fake news in the 2020 presidential election]]
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