Google Serves Fake News Ads in an Unlikely Place : Fact-Checking Sites - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/technology/google-fake-ads-fact-check.html
SAN FRANCISCO — The headlines are eye-catching. Melania Trump is leaving the White House! Home renovation cable star Joanna Gaines has abandoned her HGTV show and husband Chip Gaines! Televangelist Joel Osteen is leaving his wife!
None of the stories were true. Yet as recently as late last week, they were being promoted with prominent ads served by Google on PolitiFact and Snopes, fact-checking sites created precisely to dispel such falsehoods.
Mégadonnées et systèmes de recommandation sont sensible à l’action concertée de petits groupes ou de personnes décidées à influencer les algorithmes.
The fake publishers used Google’s AdWords system to place the advertisements on websites that fit their broad parameters, though it’s unclear if they specifically targeted the fact-checking sites. But that Google’s systems were able to place fake news ads on websites dedicated to truth-squadding reflects how the internet search giant continues to be used to spread misinformation.