Re: Google and the South African Internet

Can we play "what if"? What if this example was not me (or any of the
Andre Coetzee's as people generally seem not to like any of us for some
reason) let's say it was a child, maybe your child...

Should the child (or someone else) be forced to run a PR campaign?

Thing is that in the EU - The child can FORCE Google.com to remove the
search result.

The kid can also FORCE mybroadband.co.za very easily, to remove their
rubbish...

As Kieran said, Andre Coetzee is a common name (176+ of us and 3x
"internet personalities - if that is a thing??) so in my example, maybe
that is not so very relevant and only really serves to demonstrate the
problem somewhat... - or am I missing something basic/fundemental?

andre


On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 10:31:28 +0200
"Paul Blackburn" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Have you considered getting a PR company to do a press release with
> all the facts and get that published all over on your behalf,
> newspaper and online media.
> Unfortunately that is how the media works. It might cost you a couple
> of bucks to secure publication but that way Google and all else will
> have the truth as counter published.
> You are fighting a losing battle to even attempt fighting any sort of
> media outlet no matter how valid you think they are.
> We are in a new age where access to information and information is
> king.
> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andre Coetzee
> Sent: 11 December 2015 09:08
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [IOZ] Google and the South African Internet
> 
> When I search my name on Google.com the 5th result is this:
> 
> http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/400259-Arrest-of-Internet-Persona
> lity-Andre-Coetzee
> 
> I was arrested in 2012 at my address and held for three days by the SA
> Police for refusing to pay a bribe to a police officer.
> 
> The 'official' reason for my arrest inside a building at my address is
> "refusing to provide my address to a police officer"
> 
> Charges which were quite obviously withdrawn as we still have a
> seemingly/sometimes functional legal system.
> 
> and, other charges were of course made, etc, etc.
> 
> Now go read the rubbish that 'mybroadband.co.za'/internet community
> publishes and http://google.com promotes as 'fact' or even closely
> relevant.
> 
> Maybe I should have simply paid the bribe, the cop only wanted a few
> thousand rands as he confused me with someone else to begin with.
> Anyway, I digress.
> 
> It is the contributions that everyone, including civil society, makes
> to South Africa that shapes what it is.
> 
> Google views "mybroadband.co.za" as a "news" website and as seemingly
> has vast popular support by the community (including you) that
> represents the South African Internet.
> 
> meanwhile, the truth is that 'mybroadband.co.za" is obviously not a
> "real" news website.
> 
> But, you, the South African Internet users, and GOOGLE strongly
> supports this "website" for some unknown reason?
> 
> The result of this 'trust" is that; 
> 
> Every time I meet someone new or try to do new business I find myself
> having to explain the post and thread on mybroadband.co.za
> 
> I have nothing to do with mybroadband.co.za or that thread, except
> responding to it and subsequently deleting any account that I had
> there
> 
> On the South African Internet we will either follow the Chinese model
> of running a type of intranet or the Russian model, the European
> model (which protects private people and privacy - and the sh1t
> published by this 'mybroadband' and marketed by Google.com about an
> "internet personality' (wtf??) will never fly.
> 
> But maybe South Africans like the idea of an Intranet (like China) or
> security cops like Russia? or what?
> 
> Andre
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