Google allows users to report offensive autocomplete suggestions and Featured Snippets, will show more authoritative content for obscure and infrequent queries
I was, frankly, amazed when I saw this tweet: Tech2 : Facebook and Google announce new plans to tackle the problem of fake news Gizmodo India : Google wants your help to tackle fake news Barry Schwart...
Google adds “Upsetting-Offensive” tag for its quality raters to use in flagging search results; Google engineer says “demonstrably inaccurate” info is a target
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Google algorithm change appears to be moving Holocaust-denial and other controversial sites down in search results
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ProPublica's report on Facebook's “ethnic affinity” ad targeting explored the potential for abuse, but was misleading and failed to show actual abuse
Saturday, October 29, 2016 Facebook : Driving Relevance and Inclusion with Multicultural Marketing Saqib Shah / Digital Trends : Facebook's ad-targeting options enabling ethnic exclusion are unlawful,...
Last Week Tonight's John Oliver weighs in on Apple's legal battle with the FBI, explains the importance of encryption
to stay “one step ahead” of hackers Todd Spangler / Variety : Watch: John Oliver Rips Into Apple-FBI Encryption Fight Stan Schroeder / Mashable : John Oliver perfectly explains the iPhone FBI encrypti...
As Google confirms it is removing Toolbar PageRank scores, a look at how those scores accelerated web spam
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Google's self-driving car may have caused its first accident, hitting public bus in California at 2mph, according to company's report to DMV
at 2 mph. http://www.usatoday.com/... Danny Sullivan / @dannysullivan : After hitting a bus, Google's self-driving car started singing “Daisy” & “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there” http://www....
Interviews with Twitter novices reveal many feel frustrated and confused by product, intimidated by cliques
Twitter is struggling - probably because normal people don't know how to use it — Outside the media bubble, Twitter's processes and protocols can be confusing. yet its future depends … Tweets: @dann...
Google Maps loophole lets man add verified listing for “Edward's Snow Den” inside White House
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Google Suggesting Firefox Users Change Their Search Engine & Home Page
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