Hey Google, stop using Twitter in search results to spread fake news

Google: Do better.

That was among the big takeaways on Sunday afternoon as people scrambled to learn more about the shooter who killed 26 people that day at a church in Texas. Instead of being given legitimate insight and hard news, Google served people a litany of false information and propaganda—the kind meant to inflame people’s emotions, and drive them apart. Call it whatever you want, so long as you don’t call it news.  

And that is, let’s be real, what Google gave to everyone. Front and center.

The results featured a now-typical lineup of chum for the far right: Islam, Antifa, Hillary Clinton, et al.  Read more…

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