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Google's Top Stories Promoted Misinformation About the Vegas Shooting from 4Chan

• aaron695 9y ago
  If you are searching for “Geary Danley” after the shooting then the result you want 99.999% would have been the 4chan article or similar. Google gave the exact information people wanted, no? He was a meme, people searched for the meme and got it. They offer up no evidence that this “Geary Danley” story was brought up incorrectly on other search terms where it would have been inappropriate such as "shooting", "shooter", "las vegas" etc Do we want Google to hide a meme spreading around the community?
  • mikeyouse 9y ago
    > Do we want Google to hide a meme spreading around the community? How is this even a question? Of course you want them to hide the "meme" of a man falsely accused of mass murder. Google placed the 4chan threads in the section normally reserved for news.
    • aaron695 9y ago
      So exactly why are you searching for "Geary Danley"? Are you interviewing him for a job next week? Randomly sat on the keyboard? Or like everyone who is searching on him you want more information. Which is, it's from a 4chan thread, the exact information you'd be looking for. The source. As more reputable news sources get on board with alternate stories on the name they will displace the 4chan article for searches on the exact name, as should happen. Until then you are hiding the narrative and the stories origin. So no, in a educated, free society I don't want things hidden from me. I can decide for myself if 4chan is reputable as a news source.