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Google Plans To Remove 'In the News' Section From Its Desktop Search Following 'Fake News' Criticism (businessinsider.com)

Posted by msmash on from the making-amendments dept.

Nathan McAlone, reporting for BusinessInsider: Following criticism over fake news on its platform, Google plans to remove its "In the news" section from the top of desktop search results in a matter of weeks, according to a source familiar with the matter. It will be replaced by a carousel of "Top stories" similar to what now exists on mobile. This move had been planned for quite some time, the source said. The removal of the word "news" will, hopefully, help draw a sharper line between Google's human-vetted Google News product, and its main search product. Earlier this month, Google faced scrutiny when one of its top results for "final election count" was fake news. The top result in Google Search's "In the news" section was a Wordpress blog named "70 News," which falsely claimed Trump won the popular vote by a margin of almost 700,000. He didn't.

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  1. Democrats aren't dead yet by fustakrakich · · Score: 0, Troll

    Even from beyond the "grave" they just have too much influence.

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    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
    1. Re:Democrats aren't dead yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      I've been tweeting #NotMyPresident since the 8th. Why is he still my President?

  2. Google will kill Black Lives Matter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Black Lives Matter depends on fake news to justify its outrage against the police. It's a fact that Michael Brown wasn't shot by an overzealous cop, yet that's the story BLM wants you to believe. Google really should reconsider the impacts of their decision and the harm it will cause to blacks.