Sir/madam anybody have 10th english action plan please send me On Aug 28, 2017 4:49 PM, "basavanna km" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please donot send me e.mail, i am not a teacher. > > On 8/28/17, IT for Change - Education <[email protected]> wrote: > > must read .... to be alert to how we may be fooled by the internet > > Guru > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: IT for Change - Education <[email protected]> > > Date: Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 3:45 PM > > Subject: Google is not ‘just’ a search engine or a platform. It frames, > > shapes and distorts how we see the world > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected] > > > > > > [image: Inline image 1] > > > > Source - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/11/ > > google-frames-shapes-and-distorts-how-we-see-world > > theguardian.com > > > > > > > > *Google is not ‘just’ a platform. It frames, shapes and distorts how we > see > > the worldDid the Holocaust really happen? No. The Holocaust did not > really > > happen. Six million Jews did not die. It is a Jewish conspiracy theory > > spread by vested interests to obscure the truth. The truth is that there > is > > no evidence any people were gassed in any camp. The Holocaust did not > > happen.* > > Are you happy with that answer? Happy that if you have children, this is > > what they’re being exposed to? That all across America and France and > > Hungary and Holland and Britain, when people ask that question, this is > > what they are clicking on and reading and absorbing? No? Well, then, we > > really, really need to talk about Google. Right now. Because these are > the > > “facts” of what happened according to the number one source of > information > > to the entire planet. Type this into your Google search bar: “did the > hol”. > > And Google suggests you search for this: “Did the Holocaust happen?” > > > > And this is the answer: no. The top result is a link to stormfront.org, > a > > neo-Nazi site and an article entitled: “Top 10 reasons why the Holocaust > > didn’t happen”. The third result is the article “The Holocaust Hoax; IT > > NEVER HAPPENED”. The fifth is “50 reasons why the Holocaust didn’t > happen.” > > The seventh is a YouTube video “Did the Holocaust really happen?” The > ninth > > is “Holocaust Against Jews is a Total Lie – Proof.” > > > > This is what Danny Sullivan, the editor of SearchEngineLand, a leading > > expert on Google search, means when he says “something has gone terribly > > wrong with Google’s algorithm”. Stormfront describes itself as “the voice > > of the new, embattled white minority… a community of racial realists and > > idealists”. It’s the kind of site that Gideon Falter, the chair of the > > Campaign Against Antisemitism, says is being used to radicalise a new > > generation of extreme, violent, rightwing individuals. It’s where Anders > > Breivik used to hang out online. It’s where, on its discussion forum, > users > > gathered to celebrate the murder of Jo Cox. > > > > And, according to Google, it’s the most authoritative source on the > > internet on the “question” of whether or not the Holocaust actually > > happened. Sceptical, educated people will of course look for other > > evidence. These are the searches that Google lists at the bottom of the > > page as suggestions for what to search next: “Holocaust never happened > > theory” “proof the Holocaust happened” “Holocaust fake proof” “Holocaust > > never happened movie” “Holocaust didn’t happen conspiracy” “did the > > Holocaust happen during ww2.” > > > > A week ago I wrote in the Observer about how rightwing websites have > > successfully colonised a vast swathe of the internet. About how they have > > gamed Google’s algorithm. About how Jonathan Albright, an associate > > professor at Elon University in the US, had mapped them to show how they > > have become a vast and growing ecosystem that is encroaching on the > > mainstream news and information infrastructure like a cancer. How Google, > > with all its money and resources, is being owned by hate sites who have > > hijacked its search results. > > > > One week on, Google is still quietly pretending there’s nothing wrong, > > while surreptitiously going in and fixing the most egregious examples we > > published last week. It refused to comment on the search results I found > – > > such as the autocomplete suggestion that “jews are evil”, with eight of > its > > 10 top results confirming they are – and, instead, hand-tweaked a handful > > of the results. Or as, we call it in the media, it “edited” them. It did > > this without acknowledging there was any problem or explaining the basis > on > > which it is altering its results, or why, or what its future editorial > > policy will be. Its search box is no longer suggesting that Jews are > still > > evil but it’s still suggesting “Islam should be destroyed”. And, it is > > spreading and broadcasting the information as fact. > > > > This is hate speech. It’s lies. It’s racist propaganda. And Google is > > disseminating it. It is what the data scientist Cathy O’Neil calls a > > “co-conspirator”. And so are we. Because what happens next is entirely > down > > to us. This is our internet. And we need to make a decision: do we > believe > > it’s acceptable to spread hate speech, to promulgate lies as the world > > becomes a darker, murkier place? > > > > Because Google is only beyond the reach of the law if it we allow it to > be. > > It’s selling ads against these searches. It’s profiting from Holocaust > > denial. Its algorithm is helping Stormfront reach new recruits – the next > > generation of Thomas Mairs and Breiviks – all the while adding to its > > bottom line, its quarterly profits. This week, Chi Onwurah, the shadow > > secretary of state for culture, media and sport tweeted her concern about > > the subject but noted “I’m sure @google will argue they aren’t > responsible > > for the results”. > > > > Only, here’s the thing: that’s exactly what they are. Responsible. Google > > writes the code that drives the algorithm that returns the results. How > > they write this code, what they use to assess authority and credibility, > > how that enables Stormfront to spread its lies and spew its poison is > > entirely its responsibility. When the shadow minister whose brief this > > includes fails to realise this, we have some idea of the scale of the > > problem. > > > > Our problem too: because do we let these multinational corporations own > us > > and all aspects of our lives? Is that the plan? The Google Transparency > > Project has documented how the company has become one of the biggest > > spenders on government lobbyists in the US. It has also shown how in the > > US, UK and Europe there has been an open door between government and > senior > > positions at Google – the GTP found 251 instances of staff moving between > > the two in the US and 80 in Europe. > > > > That is how power works. This is how power works too: the last time I > wrote > > a story that Google didn’t like, I got a call from Peter Barron, Google’s > > UK head of press, who was at pains to point out the positive and > beneficial > > relationship that Google has with the Guardian Media Group, our owners. > > > > Google’s business model is built around the idea that it’s a neutral > > platform. That its magic algorithm waves its magic wand and delivers > magic > > results without the sullying intervention of any human. It desperately > does > > not want to be seen as a media company, as a content provider, as a news > > and information medium that should be governed by the same rules that > apply > > to other media. But this is exactly what it is. This week’s editing of > the > > content around evil Jews has demonstrated exactly that. And our failure – > > the failure of our politicians and the mainstream press – to reckon with > it > > makes us an accessory to the crime. We are colluding with it in > > broadcasting hate speech and lies. > > > > The right is on the rise everywhere. And that includes on the internet. > It > > is creating more content that is travelling wider and further. It has > > changed both the questions being asked – did the Holocaust actually > happen? > > Are Jews evil? Should Islam be destroyed – and answered. It is in the > > process of remaking the world, rewriting history, rewiring minds, > changing > > the conversation, reframing the questions and answers. It’s our world. > Our > > internet. Our history. And we have to wake up to what is happening right > > now on the laptop on our desk, the phone in our pocket, the tablet in our > > children’s bedrooms. This is our choice: do something. Or accept the > truth > > according to Google. That six million didn’t die. That the Holocaust > never > > happened. That we didn’t care enough to remember. > > > > > > Guru > > IT for Change > > Bangalore > > www.ITforChange.net > > > > -- > > ----------- > > 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. > > - > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevqRdFngjbDtOF8YxgeXeL > 8xF62rdXuLpGJIhK6qzMaJ_Dcw/viewform > > 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. > > -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ > ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ > > 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ > ನೀಡಿ > > - > > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy > > 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ > ತಿಳಿಯಲು > > -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software > > ----------- > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "EnglishSTF" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > ----------- > 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. > - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevqRdFngjbDtOF8YxgeXeL > 8xF62rdXuLpGJIhK6qzMaJ_Dcw/viewform > 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. > -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ > ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ > 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ > ನೀಡಿ - > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy > 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ > ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/ > Public_Software > ----------- > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "EnglishSTF" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ----------- 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevqRdFngjbDtOF8YxgeXeL8xF62rdXuLpGJIhK6qzMaJ_Dcw/viewform 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ - http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software ----------- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EnglishSTF" group. 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