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Ten years on, search auto-complete still suggests slander and disinformation (algorithmwatch.org)
4 points by n_kb 2205 days ago
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Isn’t auto complete supposed to show most common requests by design?
Look at the data file, which is linked to in the article and contains the suggestions. It's very unlikely that at least some of them are automatically generated from content found on the web.
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