Google’s search engine is sending women to ‘fake’ abortion clinics – TweakTown

Google has been accused by US lawmakers of its search engine giving misleading results to pregnant women seeking an abortion.

A letter signed by fourteen Senators and seven members of the House of Representatives, was sent to Google last week and cited a study conducted by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) that found 11% of search results from searches using the terms “abortion clinic near me” or “abortion pill” resulted in referrals to centers that oppose abortion rights “crisis pregnancy centers“.

The lawmakers wrote in the letter that Google “should not be displaying anti-abortion fake clinics or crisis pregnancy centers“, adding that if Google wishes to continue listing these types of results, they should, “at the very least, be appropriately labeled“. Google didn’t comment on the letter directed to Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai, but stated the following found below.

Furthermore, the study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that 28% of Google…

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