Democratic lawmakers are imploring Google to rejig its search results for abortion clinics to siphon out 'misleading' links steering people toward anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.
Democratic lawmakers are imploring Google to rejig its search results for abortion clinics to siphon out"misleading" links steering people toward anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.
"Google should not be displaying anti-abortion fake clinics or crisis pregnancy centers in search results for users that are searching for an 'abortion clinic' or 'abortion pill,'" they continued. In addition to the Google search results, the research also concluded that 37% of searches on Google Maps yielded"fake clinics," as did 28% of Google ads, in those 13 states. Although some of the ads were coupled with a disclaimer, the lawmakers emphasized it could be difficult for users to discern.
It’s time for them to limit or label results and ads that lead to fake abortion clinics. pic.twitter.com/LlkTueI2QP"Google has provided a disclaimer — albeit one that appears in small font and is easily missed — for ads from anti-abortion fake clinics. However, no such warning is present on non-sponsored search results on Google Search," the lawmakers said.
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