Google’s Digital Truth Serum: Could a New Algorithm Cut Down on Internet Lies, Disinformation, and Woo?

It’s almostimpossible totraverse the Internet for even an hour without coming across a hoax, a half-truth, or a bit of satire that others (never we, of course!) think is real.If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent hundreds of hours checking out and refuting such fare (Dutch boy, dike, you get the picture).

What if the bullshit sank to the bottom, floatingway down the Google page ranking to a spot where we could still find it if if we wanted to, but where fewwould likelyjustchance upon it?

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