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Google search algorithm returned Holocaust denial as top result
Google's search algorithm returned Holocaust denial content as the top result for the query 'did the Holocaust happen'. The result linked to Stormfront, a neo-Nazi site. Google later modified some results without public acknowledgment. The article alleges that Google's algorithm is being gamed by extremist sites.
- Date it happened
- 2016-12-04
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- Google Search
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