Hi Julie :Please post this on our daily RSS feed and on our Wealth of Networks and Global Citizens pages, with this intro :

“ Ethical Markets agrees with the many new calls for closer examination of the dominance of these new social media giants , Google, Facebook, Twitter ,Amazon and others that are now such a dominant force in our societies , with little accountability.

We have called for monitoring of all algorithms  to  assess their assumptions and possible biases , as well as for an expansion of the legal tradition of “Habeas Corpus “ since 1215 in Britain, to  include the new “Information Habeas Corpus “( since we not only own our bodies, but also  our heads ,our brains and the information we produce).  See our editorials “ The Idiocy of Things “  and  “Artificial Intelligence+ Algorithms = Assumptions “  and our TV shows  at www.ethicalmarkets.com                                                     HazeHenderson , Editor  “ 

Thanks

Hazel     

HAZEL HENDERSON, D.Sc.Hon., FRSA

President, Ethical Markets Media, Certified B. Corporation;

Author, Mapping the Global Transition to the Solar Age

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From: Don Hazen - AlterNet [mailto:replies@alternet.org]
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 11:39 AM
To: Hazel Henderson <hazel.henderson@ethicalmarkets.com>
Subject: Stop Google from Suppressing Independent Media

Dear AlterNet Reader:

A few weeks ago, AlterNet put out an SOS. We were getting slammed by Google’s new algorithm intended to fight “fake news.” We were losing millions of monthly visitors, and so was much of the progressive news media. Lost readership goes directly to the bottom line.

Our readers responded magnificently. More than 2,000 donors have joined the fight for independent journalism.

That’s the start of what we will need to make sure indy media voices are heard and read by large numbers of people.

Can we count on you to support us?

We are fighting an inaccessible behemoth, with a complete lack of transparency. 

It appears that Google has pushed popular, high-traffic progressive websites to the margins and embraced corporate media. Some speculate Google is trying to protect itself from critics of fake news at the expense of the valid independent outlets.

Just take a look at the numbers of readers Google has sent us—something has gone seriously wrong:

The progressive news media fight fake news every day. We support efforts to weed out the propaganda, false stories and disinformation.

But we need the financial support to help our organizing and outreach. If you can, we appreciate any support.

Warmly,

Don Hazen
Executive Editor, AlterNet

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