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Google Labels Trump-supporting Republican Senator a ‘BIGOT’

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A Google search of Trudy Wade, a Republican state senator from North Carolina and an ardent supporter of President Trump displays an old photo in the “knowledge panel” of its search results with “BIGOT” written across it.  After news of the skewed search engine results of the GOP senator began to circulate the web  Friday evening, the image result was removed later in the day.

‘Anonymous’ Suggests Neo-Nazi Site ‘The Daily Stormer’ May Have Faked Hack Attack

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After GoDaddy and Google banned Neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, they may have staged a fake hack attack by hacker group ‘Anonymous’.  WikiLeaks tweeted a screen shot of the “hack attack.” https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/897170038100307976 The following message appeared on The Daily Stormer: “THIS SITE IS NOW UNDER THE CONTROL OF ANONYMOUS WE HAVE TAKEN THIS SITE IN THE NAME OF HEATHER HEYER A VICTIM OF WHITE SUPREMACIST TERRORISM FOR TOO LONG THE DAILY STORMER AND ANDREW ANGLIN HAVE SPEWED THEIR PUTRID HATE ON THIS SITE THAT WILL NOT BE HAPPENING ANYMORE WE HAVE ALL OF THE DETAILS ON THE SERVERS AND WILL BE RELEASING THE DATA WHEN WE FEEL THE TIME IS RIGHT WE HAVE ALSO GATHERED LOCATIONAL DATA ON ANGLIN HIMSELF AND ARE SENDING OUR ALLIES IN LAGOS TO PAY HIM A VISIT IN PERSON THIS EVIL CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO STAND IT TOOK A UNITED FORCE OF ELITE HACKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO BREACH THE SYSTEMS AND THE FIREWALL WE HAVE HAD THE DAILY STORMER IN OUR SITES FOR MONTHS NOW THE EVENTS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE ALERTED US TO THE NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION WE WANT YOU NAZIS TO KNOW: YOUR TIME IS SHORT WE WILL ALLOW THE SITE TO REMAIN ONLINE FOR 24 HOURS SO THE WORLD CAN WITNESS THE HATE THEN WE WILL SHUT IT DOWN PERMANENTLY HACKERS OF THE WORLD HAVE UNITED IN DEFENSE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE YOU SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED US” However, the hacker group denies any involvement in the hack, saying the cyber hit was low grade and could have been easily reversed.

Doublethink FAIL: “Google Manifesto” Rattles Diversity-Über-Alles Silicon Valley

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“Doublethink,” a term popularized in George Orwell’s 1984, is defined by Wikipedia as “the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in distinct social contexts.” (Two longer explanations of “doublespeak” from within 1984 can be found at the bottom of this article.) Which brings us to the storm involving Google and freedom of thought that developed over the weekend.