Obviously, I cannot say for certain if what you’re saying is correct or incorrect. However, if you’ve read HN for any length of time, you would have seen that Google clearly manipulates search results to control competition or to punish certain companies.
Furthermore, no company would be asinine enough to allow bots, AI, or ML make decisions without a way to undo those changes. This tells me that Google employees are doing these things or your contractors are.
Furthermore, no company would be asinine enough to allow bots, AI, or ML make decisions without a way to undo those changes. This tells me that Google employees are doing these things or your contractors are.