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by snprbob86 5256 days ago
> what's stopping Google from declaring war on the MPAA

Google bends over backwards to make sure that their rankings are entirely algorithmic so that they can retain the moral high-ground and various legal protections. It would be insane for Google to jeopardize either of those things or to risk anti-competitive and anti-trust prosecution.
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pgeorgi 5256 days ago
So instead, it's time for googlebombing the sites out of the index? Might make more of an impact (longer-lasting, too) than the OpMegaupload DDoS.

Google can keep its moral highground, and the delisting is "for the people, by the people" ;-)

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anamax 5255 days ago
> Google bends over backwards to make sure that their rankings are entirely algorithmic so that they can retain the moral high-ground and various legal protections.

Do you really think that algorithms are necessarily neutral? (Hint: they're not. Consider a "hate speech" detector. It's easy to implement bias using "neutral" algorithms with "reasonable" decisions.)

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