A second whistleblower working at Google comes forward to warn of search bias

Before people start shooting the messenger (Project Veritas a.k.a PV), I highly recommend watching congressional testimony [1], [2] by Google lawyers & employees where, under oath, they've confirmed materials from P.V. leaks to be accurate.

Google's only defense in the testimonies was that seemingly partisan actions weren't company policy, but actions of a few individuals. That line of defense fails to hold muster when said actions repeat like clockwork.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX6LlEcJ4nw

[2]: https://youtu.be/zIniYSkAWo0?t=5074

Not a single comment from anyone who has actually gone through the documents, like they don't reveal important AI security exploits caused by the "good intentions" of Google's morally superior engineers. Why is that?

Is HackerNews supposed to just assume Google is the paragon of moral supremacy? If so, can we get that written in the TOS so people know what to expect?

meh. 85% ad for PV, 15% information about Google.

It could have been much more impactful if done the other way around.

I would also like to point out it's hosted on youtube. Delicious.

Now that said, this is indeed troubling information. It seems unlikely to be the intentional action of a small cabal. More likely, standard groupthink behavior. "How corporations go bad."

It's the reason the US founders wanted the 3 branches of government. Google would do well to create an ombudsman position. They are very powerful and they need internal checks and balances that are perhaps antagonistic.