The UN, Google, Inner City Press, and whistleblowers
It looks like some people at the UN don't like their critics, and Google is willing to shut up those critics...at least until there is a bit too much publicity. Michael Y. Park at Fox News has the story:
There are plenty of people, especiailly at the UN, who think that the UN should control the Internet.
Many of (Matthew) Lee's stories (in Inner City Press) were featured prominently whenever Web users looked for news about the U.N. using the powerful Google News search engine, a vital way for media outlets both large and small to get their articles read.After counter-complaints from supporters, Google claims that it will restore Lee's listing.
But beginning Feb. 13, Google News users could no longer find new stories from the Inner City Press....
...In November 2007,...Google announced its partnership with the UNDP...
There are plenty of people, especiailly at the UN, who think that the UN should control the Internet.
Labels: politics
posted by TTB at
7:39 AM
1 Comments:
A less paranoid interpretation: Google has to distinguish between news sites and non-news sites, otherwise Google News isn't any different from regular Google. So Google has its criteria, along with a review process and a complaint mechanism. Meanwhile, people are gaming the system to get their sites included, or gaming the complaint process to get sites excluded.
"Google makes mistake and fixes it" isn't exactly a sensational news story, but it's probably closer to the truth than a sinister Google-UN conspiracy.
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