Google Program to Deradicalize Jihadis Will Be Used for Right-Wing American Extremists Next

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A GOOGLE-INCUBATED PROGRAM that has been targeting potential ISIS members with deradicalizing content will soon be used to target violent right-wing extremists in North America, a designer of the program said at an event at the Brookings Institution on Wednesday.

Using research and targeted advertising, the initiative by London-based startup Moonshot CVE and Google’s Jigsaw technology incubator targets potentially violent jihadis and directs them to a YouTube channel with videos that refute ISIS propaganda.

Source and full article;
https://theintercept.com/2016/09/07/google-program-to-deradicalize-jihadis-will-be-used-for-right-wing-american-extremists-next/

As much as I hate the KKK and neo-nazis (which is a LOT), are we okay with US corporations playing internet mind control games with US citizens?

I mean, let's face it, US corporations play mind control games every day with advertising, but something about this strikes me as wrong since who is to say where this eventually leads to?

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A GOOGLE-INCUBATED PROGRAM that has been targeting potential ISIS members with deradicalizing content will soon be used to target violent right-wing extremists in North America, a designer of the program said at an event at the Brookings Institution on Wednesday.

Using research and targeted advertising, the initiative by London-based startup Moonshot CVE and Google’s Jigsaw technology incubator targets potentially violent jihadis and directs them to a YouTube channel with videos that refute ISIS propaganda.

Source and full article;
https://theintercept.com/2016/09/07/google-program-to-deradicalize-jihadis-will-be-used-for-right-wing-american-extremists-next/

As much as I hate the KKK and neo-nazis (which is a LOT), are we okay with US corporations playing internet mind control games with US citizens?

I mean, let's face it, US corporations play mind control games every day with advertising, but something about this strikes me as wrong since who is to say where this eventually leads to?

Might lead to people not mindlessly believing what they see on a website.