I’m looking for 3rd parties who watch and report on developments in these large “world-shaping” corporations. Like a watchdog or a canary when they get into lawsuits or get caught doing bad things. Investigative reporting whether IRL or thorough internet documentarian style is ideal.
I’ve been thinking a lot about how google’s algorithm changes have contributed to the web becoming the shit show it is now and what the alternatives could be. I do want to make sure I have a clear understanding of as much of the history as I can.
I tried searching “who watches google” and obviously just got advertised pages of Android Wear spy bracelets.
Is there a good old-fashioned directory page (or Community) for these anti-Web 2.0 resources?
Your help is appreciated!
This is what came up for “who watches Google”
“who keeps an eye on Google”
“who makes sure Google isn’t doing bad things”
Still no answer.
You got closer than I did. I didn’t mention it in the original post, but I also tried duckduckgo with little luck. I hope to god this is peak enshittification because I can imagine how it gets worse from here.
I’m getting interesting results with this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=tech+industry+watchdog
I think naming a particular tech vendor is likely to get different results compared to using generic terms.