Piease donot send me e.mail. I am not a teacher. On 8/28/17, Padmini Ns <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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. >
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