Uh, Google has some interesting thoughts on Obama plotting a coup

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As the debate surrounding the prevalence, scope and impact of fake news continues to rage on unabated, the latest tech company being accused of passively enabling misinformation to spread far and wide is Google.

In a fascinating post over at The Outline, Adrianne Jeffries explains how the answer boxes provided by Google Search (also known as Featured Snippets) are often dead wrong. Compounding matters is that Google's answer boxes enjoy premium placement above actual search results, thereby affording them more credibility in the process.

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