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Google won't add fact checks despite new EU law (www.axios.com)
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Google has told the EU it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking or removing content, despite the requirements of a new EU law, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios

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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 5 months ago

That voluntary commitment is to be made mandatory when the new law takes effect. Don't quite remember when exactly but it's in the future.