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Eric Schmidt Says Google News Will 'Engineer' Russian Propaganda Out of the Feed (vice.com)
Justin Ling, writing for Motherboard: Eric Schmidt, Executive Chariman of Alphabet, says the company is working to ferret out Russian propaganda from Google News after facing criticism that Kremlin-owned media sites had been given plum placement on the search giant's news and advertising platforms. "We're well aware of this one, and we're working on detecting this kind of scenario you're describing and deranking those kinds of sites," Schmidt said, after being asked why the world's largest search company continued to classify the Russian sites as news. Schmidt, in an interview at the Halifax International Security Forum over the weekend, name-checked two state-owned enterprises. "It's basically RT and Sputnik," Schmidt added. "We're well aware and we're trying to engineer the systems to prevent it."
The new and improved Google News sucks. That should be Eric Schmidt's first order of business.
The best books are those that tell you what you already know.
I have to return some videotapes...
Why not dump all propaganda? Why just block the Russian propaganda?
I was permanently banned from Ars for accidentally calling Bradley Manning he instead of she.
Almost every CNN story either leaves out pertinent information, uses anonymous sources, or fabricates facts that they later correct once it's off the front page.
RT has more credibility at this point.
They are putting politics above running a business.
It's no secret that every top Google exec donated to the DNC or Hillary directly, totalling over 60 million dollars in the last election cycle.
It's hilarious how badly they lost, and pissed away a fortune betting on a criminal. They're now breaking the ladders to build the walls, destroying themselves to try to buy the next election.
It's going to be amazing when Trump wins again. Like mass suicides and shit.