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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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[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 5 points 4 months 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.

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