GOOGLE AND CENSORING OF SEARCH RESULTS
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jaykesan
Ongoing, First published Aug 10, 2019
authorjayjaykesankesanpatentlawpublicationsscholarusa
In recent news, President Trump has accused Google of rigging search results. The President claims that the search engine giant has purposefully suppressed positive stories about his administration, and could be opened to prosecution as a result.
While the President's specific claims of political censoring are unsubstantiated, the President has touched on an underlying issue; how do we know what we search and what we see on the internet represents the objective truth? How do websites rank and show information in a fair way?
In the case of Google, Google searches make up 92 percent of all internet searches. Despite their popularity, the search engine has never published how its search algorithm works. What is the "it" factor that pushes a Wikipedia page or a New York Times article near the top of a search, while keeping a quote "untrustworthy" source near the bottom? These "secret algorithms" are prevalent throughout search engines and social media; popular sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter all rely on these algorithms to determine what content to show users.
For example, in July of this year, Twitter algorithms limited the visibility of some Republicans in profile searches. Testifying before Congress, Twitter's CEO, Jack Dorsey said the site tried to enforce policies against "threats, hate, harassment or other forms of abusive speech", and that the tweaking of their algorithm unintentionally excluded republican profiles. Twitter has since fixed its search algorithm.
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