Rumors have begun to re-surge that Google is about to buy-out Digg. Although the story’s initial appeal is that an Internet giant is about to swallow up an internet sweetheart, the real intrigue lies in what this means for the future of traditional news outlets and, as a result, the watchdog of democracy.Essentially, when GOOG [...]
A bigger threat to a democratic internet is Microsoft's lust for Yahoo. That would be much more disastrous for the internet community as a whole than Google acquiring Digg.
A competition between the Google monster and the Miscrosoft one would, on the contrary, ensure the Internet democracy, as no party would dominate over the web.
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Will Google Kill Democracy?
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