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Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2008-07-02 13:19
Where's the free speech outrage when Google, the Internet's Ultimate gatekeeper, blocks free speech on the Internet in clear violation of the FCC's net neutrality principles?
Google's well-known dominant share of the search market makes Google the Internet's primary gatekeeper and self-appointed organizer of the world's information. As I have written repeatedly, Google has more unaccountable power over the world's information than any entity in the world, see here, and here. Why do the media listen and report on Free Press, Public Knowledge, and other consumer groups when they make a federal case out of alleged net neutrality violations by broadband companies, but are totally silent when Google violates the very principles they allege to cherish and fight for?
Where is the press coverage and outrage from supposed free speech protectors, when Google, the most dominant Internet gatekeeper, blocks free speech and the FCC's net neutrality principles? There is a well established pattern of Google not being neutral and blocking free speech:
If free speech and net neutrality are truly important principles, where is the outrage when Google, the Ultimate Internet Gatekeeper, excercises its market power and blocks free speech and does not act neutrally like Google insists everyone else act? » |