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Russia To Act Against Google if Sputnik, RT Get Lower Search Rankings (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

Paresh Dave and Jack Stubbs, reporting for Reuters: The Kremlin will take action against Alphabet's Google if articles from Russian news websites Sputnik and Russia Today are placed lower in search results, the Interfax news service cited Russia's chief media regulator as saying on Tuesday. Alexander Zharov, head of media regulator Roskomnadzor, said his agency sent a letter to Google on Tuesday requesting clarification on comments Saturday by Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt about how the Russian websites would be treated in search, according to Interfax. "We will receive an answer and understand what to do next," Interfax quoted Zharov as saying. "We hope our opinion will be heard, and we won't have to resort to more serious" retaliatory measures.

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  1. Re: Empirical Evidence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    Found the russian

  2. Re:The point is... by Tenebrousedge · · Score: 3, Informative

    Based on the clarity and brilliance of your remarks, I believe I'll buy some GOOG.

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  3. Re: Empirical Evidence by JackAxe · · Score: 5, Informative

    This Russian-Hacked-Our-Election is a an actual Conspiracy Theory being pushed by the establishment/media.So do you believe it? If so, you belive in conspiracy theories. ;)

    But you posted, so that opens up another option, as in you're obviously willing to have a discussion, so here I'll provide a few links. The more people that can actually look past this mainstream media-conspiracy about a Russian-hack, the better:

    The DNC server is the source of this Russian hack conspiracy that's being shoved down our throats. So if this is true, you'd think our government would have looked at it right? They haven't:
    Pick through the links, they're abundant and verifiable -- even Donna B. commented on it when she somewhat betrayed the DNC-cult after releasing her book:
    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=DNC+...

    We only have the word of Crowd Strike that maybe the DNC server was hacked. It's a belief, not a fact. So as mentioned, no one in our government has looked at it. Why is this?
    http://investmentwatchblog.com...

    https://www.washingtontimes.co...

    I've been paying attention to what's going on, so it's hard to buy into any of this Russia-lie. And I like occasional CAPS, so suck it. Yelling is every single word in caps. :)

  4. Re:So... do we actually have evidence of anything by AmiMoJo · · Score: 3, Informative

    RT pumps out conspiracy theories on an industrial scale. For example, here is a compilation of 50 of their 9/11 conspiracy theories: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

    Granted, Fox like a good conspiracy too, but even they can't match RT's dedication to manufacturing bullshit. They have reposted material from Infowars and had uber-conspiracy nut Alex Jones on many times. This story is a good example, this being the Infowars original.

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  5. Re:Different by AmiMoJo · · Score: 1, Informative

    RT 9/11 conspiracy theories playlist: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/...

    RT "Climategate" conspiracy theories playlist: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/...

    They are associated with Infowars too, regularly interviewing Alex Jones and reposting Infowars content.

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