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They're ads, my guy. The search results that you ignore because they're not search results. I think it makes sense that the people selling the ad space want to avoid reputational damage of being associated with drivel.

> The real question is who is pressuring google to do this in the first place. But I'd doubt we'll ever find that out.

Well, if you read Google's statements from the article, Google's advertising partners are pressuring them to do this because the non-climate denying people buying Google's ad space, unsurprisingly, do not want their content run alongside drivel.