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Towards A 'Google World Order'?

Towards A 'Google World Order'?

Submitted by InsideSources via Valuewalk.com,

Government watchdogs and outside experts have long warned that Google had unprecedented and unfiltered access to the Obama White House, which has been a major beneficiary of Google’s massive campaign coffers.

Now, for the first time, two key parts of that entangled relationship, the extensive White House visits and revolving door between Google and the Obama administration, have been documented by the Campaign for Accountability and the Intercept, an investigative news outlet.

Facebook Changes News Feed Algorithm By Timing Read Articles

Facebook has made changes to how its News Feed works by taking into account how long a person looks at an article. The world’s largest social network has tweaked its algorithm to ensure that users receive content they actually want to read and to reduce clutter popping up on News Feeds. The real motivation may be ad revenue, but it’s always pushed as more relevant content. Beta News reports: The most recent update to the feed algorithm will take into account not only which news articles people click on, but how long they spend reading them.

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