Meta and Facebook blocking COVID searches...

[MikeH]

Let the stealing of the 2024 election begin...

[Stevecsd2]

I'm not arguing that this may be happening, but what is your evidence for this?

[Jeff P]

By Catherine Thorbecke |CNN | Published 6:05 PM EDT, Mon September 11, 2023
Meta’s Threads is temporarily blocking searches about Covid-19:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/11/tech/...hes/index.html

(CNN) - Threads, the much-hyped social media app from Facebook-parent Meta, is taking heat for blocking searches for “coronavirus,” “Covid,” and other pandemic-related queries.

The tech giant’s decision to block coronavirus-related searches on its service comes as the United States deals with a recent uptick in Covid-19 hospitalizations, per CDC data, and more than three years into the global pandemic.

News of Threads blocking searches related to the coronavirus was first reported by The Washington Post.

A Meta spokesperson told CNN that the company just began rolling out keyword search for Threads to additional countries last week.

“The search functionality temporarily doesn’t provide results for keywords that may show potentially sensitive content,” the statement added. “People will be able to search for keywords such as ‘COVID’ in future updates once we are confident in the quality of the results.”

From the article:

“People will be able to search for keywords such as ‘COVID’ in future updates once we are confident in the quality of the results.”

Translation?

“People will be able to search for keywords such as ‘COVID’ in future updates once we are confident in our ability to CENSOR the results.”

On 9/11 no less.


-jp
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[Stevecsd2]

Thanks for the details, JP. It is impossible to keep up with everything in this day & age.

[classhandicapper]

I'm going to stop using Google, but I'm not sure who I can trust for search anymore that will also give me good quality.

There are alternatives for other tech companies like Rumble instead of Youtube, Twitter under Musk and others instead of Threads, but what about search.

[MikeH]

I use 4conservative.com. Works well.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Stevecsd2

Thanks for the details, JP. It is impossible to keep up with everything in this day & age.

Imagine if youwere BIDEN'S age!