Google has been dragged into the controversy over fake online news in the wake of last week’s US presidential election, adding to Silicon Valley’s discomfort over allegations that it may have played a role in tipping the vote.
The internet search engine was forced on Monday to admit its algorithms had failed by giving top placement in its results to a rightwing blog that claimed, inaccurately, that Donald Trump had won more votes than Hillary Clinton.
Google also said it was close to putting in place a new policy designed to prevent its Adsense system placing adverts on sites that carry fake news, something that might have helped to fund the spread of deliberate falsehoods ahead of the election.
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