I'm curious what liberal bias looks like in algorithm form?
> Google is also setting new rules encouraging its “raters” -- the 10,000-plus staff that assess search results -- to flag web pages that host hoaxes, conspiracy theories and what the company calls “low-quality” content.
Oh that's how, it's going to be trained by people...
Considering how often I've seen Snopes get stories wrong, or are subtlety misleading (such as marking something as false because an insignificant part of a statement is incorrect, by that I mean if it was deleted from the statement the overall meaning wouldn't change, but the general statement as a whole was still actually true).
This is really concerning. I get marking hoaxes and to a lesser extent conspiracy theories. But "low-quality content" and "fake news" in general is not just difficult to identify but open to abuse. And there will likely be no appeal process. It will happen transparently and silently.
> Google is also setting new rules encouraging its “raters” -- the 10,000-plus staff that assess search results -- to flag web pages that host hoaxes, conspiracy theories and what the company calls “low-quality” content.
Oh that's how, it's going to be trained by people...
Considering how often I've seen Snopes get stories wrong, or are subtlety misleading (such as marking something as false because an insignificant part of a statement is incorrect, by that I mean if it was deleted from the statement the overall meaning wouldn't change, but the general statement as a whole was still actually true).
This is really concerning. I get marking hoaxes and to a lesser extent conspiracy theories. But "low-quality content" and "fake news" in general is not just difficult to identify but open to abuse. And there will likely be no appeal process. It will happen transparently and silently.