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Google won't add fact checks despite new EU law (www.axios.com)
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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

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Well, why is that 'dangerous information' available to be pulled out of my website in the first place?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

My guy, leaving out context can change whether information is dangerous or not.

Say I have a website that explains how to get clothes clean, and I recommend bleach. I also have a subsection "Danger: things you should never do with bleach!" listing dangerous things, e.g. "drinking bleach". Now Google pulls out only that list without the heading.

In your world, I'm responsible for Google showing information in the wrong context, which is nuts. I can't be expected to write everything so it's unambiguous, no matter how small a snippet you extract.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"You don't want to drink bleach on a sunny day" could be understood as "It's okay to drink bleach on a cloudy day"

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago

Um... "could be"...? Literally anything anybody writes could be misinterpreted, so I don't really see the point of this line of argument, nor any value in legislating around it.