776

Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

134 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A purported leak of 2,500 pages of internal documentation from Google sheds light on how Search, the most powerful arbiter of the internet, operates.

The leaked documents touch on topics like what kind of data Google collects and uses, which sites Google elevates for sensitive topics like elections, how Google handles small websites, and more. Some information in the documents appears to be in conflict with public statements by Google representatives, according to Fishkin and King.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 342 points 5 months ago

Some information in the documents appears to be in conflict with public statements by Google representatives

I would have never guessed that.

[-] applepie@kbin.social 110 points 5 months ago

At this point if you are not assuming that corporation is pretty much lying for convenience. you aint operating in reality haha

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 43 points 5 months ago

Yep but I'll add my two cents, half is lying and half is guessfull ignorance because nobody really knows how big and old systems really work.

load more comments (15 replies)

this post was submitted on 28 May 2024

776 points (99.7% liked)

Technology

59340 readers

1475 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS