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Saturday, 12 January 2019

Tech firms have a duty to face down antisemitism | Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Automatic prompts given to users increase the number of antisemitic searches on Google and elsewhere

Beyond a quick read of a Wikipedia page, what can the internet really tell us about antisemitism in the United Kingdom? The answer is, a great deal. It has been shown that people are remarkably honest when they search for information online. Their Google searches and queries reveal interests, prejudices and hatreds that they might otherwise keep hidden from friends, family members, neighbours, surveys and even themselves. These searches have been shown to share their health secrets, sexual preferences, and hostility towards other groups.

Related: Britons make 170,000 antisemitic Google searches a year, study finds

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2RHPj8a

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