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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

  • kipo@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    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?

    • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      Google already is the arbiter of truth. EU just wants google to put in some damn effort to the results it curates. Facts by defintion are accurate and unbiased. Why do you feel the need to tack that on?

      • kipo@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        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.

        • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          2 hours ago

          I suggest to solve this problem by banning the representation of results as facts and separate “SPONSORED RESULTS” with “results of the search” in a clear way. Cause you make a good point about how hard it is to be objective about a lot of things that alter world politics.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      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.

      Does the EU law require that the fact-checks be accurate and unbiased?

      Are they really fact checks otherwise?

      But then you definitely have a who-watches-the-watchers problem.