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[Ed note: This story was originally posted 2019-08-15 04:41 UTC but was lost when we had the site crash Thursday morning. Prior comments have, unfortunately, been lost. --martyb]
'Google Blocked TorrentFreak From Appearing in Search Feature'
Documents released by whistleblower Zachary Vorhies suggests that Google actively blocked hundreds of sites, including TorrentFreak, from its Google Now service. The blocklist doesn't provide a specific reason for the blockade, but other sites are flagged for having a high user block rate or for peddling hoax stories. Vorhies has shared the documents with the US Department of Justice.
At TorrentFreak, we have written hundreds of articles about website blocking and censorship. Today, we're featured in one ourselves.
Leaked Google documents reveal that TorrentFreak.com shows up in one of Google's previously unknown blocklists, which actively hides our domain from the Google Now service.
Google Now was a Google search feature that presented users with informational cards, to provide users with more details on subjects of interest to them. While the brand no longer exists, the feature is still present in the Google Android app and its feed.
The controversial blocklist is part of a treasure trove of files that were leaked by whistleblower Zachary Vorhies, who shared them with Project Veritas. The entire collection of files uncovers many previously unknown policies and actions from Google.
The story that broke SoylentNews™.
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(Score: 1) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Friday August 16 2019, @04:42PM
came here to say this, good work.
leaking to project veritas is not a thing, but if by their oversight we learn at least one fact, why not.
it sounds though a lot like a poison pill, anyone who has anything to do with qanon is a psychological operation underway on your brain, beware.
If someone else is going to leak it and there's nothing to do about it, make up a person with nutty shite in their twitter, and then release it through them pre-emptively.
In the same way my action against victoria's secret could potentially be attacked, I am hoping soylentees will help me at the very least prevent that.
and fwiw anyone, including obviously project veritas, who was not reporting on epstein prior to this year is not a journalist.
IMO this is an attack on all people who are writing about the epstein scandal who make the obvious observation that all this abuse and traffickng of children was done at the behest and with the total knowledge of israeli spies, and if that doesn't make you so angry you want to scream, then you are not an american and never were.
#pickaside