This is bonkers but not surprising. @adamjwhitedc's @tnajournal essay on Google's growing willingness to tweak its products to achieve political outcomes is proving remarkably prescient: thenewatlantis.com/publications/g…
If you're hitting the paywall, the lede graf sounds a bit innocuous; the kicker is here: 
"Google is now faced squarely with the irresolvable conflict between its core missions: The information people objectively want may, by Google’s reckoning, be evil."
@adamjwhitedc in @tnajournal again: thenewatlantis.com/publications/g…
@adamjwhitedc in @tnajournal again: thenewatlantis.com/publications/g…
It's important to note that the quotes leave unclear just what "algorithmically biased results" means: countering manipulative bot/spamming tactics, or "adjusting the signals" to de-rank "offensive or clearly misleading content," as in Google's 2017 "fake news" press release?
This matter isn't helped by Google itself blurring the lines here. Countering bots that manipulate search rankings seems defensible, but Google also seems to use this as a pretext for going after industries they disfavor on policy grounds—see payday loans: thenewatlantis.com/publications/g…
a.m. bump
