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Google says it has new ways to combat its so-called fake-news problem in search results.
Over the last few months, Google, along with Facebook and other digital platforms, has struggled to keep hoaxes and fake news stories from appearing in search.
The examples were pretty unsettling, including Holocaust denials, a claim that President Barack Obama was running for a third term, and a wide range of other conspiracy theories.
On Tuesday, Google will have new feedback tools in its search results so users can flag content that appears to be false or misleading. (Facebook launched similar tools earlier this year, along with tips to help you spot fake news.) This will help teach Google's search algorithms to weed out hoaxes and, in theory, keep them buried in search results.
Google also says its algorithms have now been trained to demote "low quality" content based on signals like whether the information comes from an "authoritative" page.
I can't see how this can do anything but fail spectacularly. You?
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-launches-new-search-tools-to-combat-fake-news-2017-4
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @02:36AM (4 children)
and I can put my own brand of bullshit on the first pages of results, even if the bullshit I'm promoting isn't relevant to the search terms.
Hell, ya! If it works on SN, otter work on Google too! Git 'er done, Runaway, git 'er done! The South will fake news again! Yeeeee-ha!!!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday April 29 2017, @02:52AM (3 children)
And, you're pretending that Google hasn't been gamed in the past with marketing scams and advertising fraud. Two all beef patties, anyone?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @03:08AM (2 children)
Runaway, you are wrong. Be a man, and just admit it.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @03:15AM (1 child)
He can't.
He was buggered in the navy (its not gay if you're underway).
And now his repressed homosexuality means he hasn't had an erection for 35 years.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @07:38AM
Poor, poor, Runaway1956. Now I truly understand why he runs away, and why he runs off, at the mouth, when he constantly posts inane idiotic and ignorant stuff here on SoylentNews! We are all on your side, Runaway!