Most people show no awareness of having their search results manipulated
Evidence
Zuboff (2019) recounts in her book that Google adopted a “hiding strategy” to keep users in the dark about the extent of their data collection practices. — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 534 (
#expands, via linked claim)
With the first, a user searches for something and gets nothing; the content is withheld, but the intervention itself is apparent. With the second, a user searches for something and gets what appears to be everything relevant. This hides not only the filtered content but any sign of intervention; the results are sutured back together, leaving no evidence that anything is missing. The first may appear more egregious, but the second is arguably more dangerous. — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet, 552 (
#qualifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Facebook exposure diversity depends primarily on friendship-network structure — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 418; Google deliberately hid its data collection practices from users — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 534; Invisible content filtering is more dangerous than content that is visibly withheld — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet: Platforms,…, 552 (+1 more)
Related
- Invisible content filtering is more dangerous than content that is visibly withheld (similarity 0.87)
- Google deliberately hid its data collection practices from users (similarity 0.84)
- 75 to 85 percent of people are unaware of search result manipulation. (similarity 0.82)
- Search engines filter porn even from users who turned safesearch off (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Google deliberately hid its data collection practices from users
#expands(0.85) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 534 - Invisible content filtering is more dangerous than content that is visibly withheld
#qualifies(0.75) — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet, 552