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Is Google's eagerness to answer questions promoting more falsehood online?

  • Written by Thomas Maher, Postdoctoral Researcher in Sociology, University of Arizona
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When people have questions, they often ask Google. They expect high-quality, accurate answers. Late last year, it emerged that the top answer Google gave to “Did the Holocaust happen?” linked to a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, Holocaust-denying website.

The ensuing outcry included...

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