• sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    21 hours ago

    This will include … ads that refer to US elections, their processes or outcomes.

    Google is expecting Trump and co to publicly contest the election. They’re trying to stop the ad platform from being used to spread election misinformation.

    Props.

    The headline does not make this clear at all.

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    16 hours ago

    So they’re more worried about misinformation about the results than misinformation that influences the actual voting. Well alrighty.

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    23 hours ago

    …after which, they will remove all search results once and for all in favor of other low quality ads. ln the process, they are redefining “search engine” as search box that spews only AI generated garbage disguised as search results. And they can get away with this since everyone googles word definitions instead of picking up a dictionary, so technically they are still a “search engine” by their own definition.

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      21 hours ago

      “picking up a dictionary” :)

      i probably have a dozen kilograms of dictionaries. i don’t remember the last time i picked one up.

      i have 3 of these installed in addition to a Wiktionary interface.