Google: The for-profit public library

I never thought of the internet of the '90s in terms of its "imagined audience." One of [my] school librarians would recommend Google to [us] students, and I myself thought of it and the Web as a digital library.
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Not anymore. Google, Facebook and other social media may be of public interest, but they're not a public service. They're commercial enterprises and publicly traded. Not a problem. Nonetheless, I agree with the professor when she notes the library (I'll emphasize public library) and librarians as another resource for research and information.​

A comment on "Bias in Commercial Search Engines: A Conversation With Safiya Umoja Noble" (Gallup)

Google headquarters (Credit: "Google HQ" by Ben Nuttall | CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her writings and commentaries, including the one on "Bias in Commercial Search Engines: A Conversation With Safiya Umoja Noble" by Gallup, at landturn.com/blog.

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