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by unfathomable 3468 days ago

More Orwellian censorship perhaps.

I mean how are you going to find "offensive" stuff in the first place unless you were looking for it and want to read about it?

This reminds me of the time Google manipulated their SERP to hide holocaust revisionist information.

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> I mean how are you going to find "offensive" stuff in the first place unless you were looking for it and want to read about it?

When Google Autocomplete suggests that users search for offensive queries based on (relatively) inoffensive stems, as explained in the article.

I mean how are you going to find "offensive" stuff in the first place unless you were looking for it and want to read about it?

Exactly. And, then, publicize it for karma points somewhere, when the outrage kicks in and it gets lots of eyeballs.

> This reminds me of the time Google manipulated their SERP to hide holocaust revisionist information.

It reminds you of .. the article you are commenting on, today?

Their vanguard stance on antisemitism in general.