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Google has told the EU it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking or removing content, despite the requirements of a new EU law, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios
It also seems ethically and culturally disastrous. I do not want Google to be the arbiter of truth on the internet. Does the EU law require that the fact-checks be accurate and unbiased?
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I was asking because who fact-checks the fact checkers? Everyone and every company has biases, so do the biases of google get overseen by anyone. Can google insert biases or even opinion in fact-checking if it aligns with the agenda of the EU.
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Hmm, I guess from one point of view Google already is the de facto “arbiter of truth on the internet” as the most popular search engine, hence the need for regulation.
Are they really fact checks otherwise?
But then you definitely have a who-watches-the-watchers problem.