The respected National Journal has a very interesting article about YouTube and how it may be choosing sides or is not "neutral." It's an important quick read; kudos to National Journal for focusing on it.
- The article says critics are complaining that "YouTube's censoring process is too opaque and inconsistent."
Why is this noteworthy?
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Google owns and controls YouTube and is leading the charge for net neutrality to keep the Internet open and free of "Internet gatekeepers."
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ComScore just reported that Google's market share of the search business is 47% and rising (and with Yahoo, the "search duopoly" now controls 77% of all searches and rising.) This makes Google an increasingly dominant Internet access technology.
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National Journal's tech daily also reported today that 98%of Google employees that contributed politically contributed to Democrats. Is Google/Youtube truly a "neutral" gatekeeper for all views?