{"id":166058,"date":"2018-06-03T05:56:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T09:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=166058"},"modified":"2018-06-03T05:56:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T09:56:25","slug":"google-blames-wikipedia-for-linking-california-gop-to-nazism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/03\/google-blames-wikipedia-for-linking-california-gop-to-nazism\/","title":{"rendered":"Google blames Wikipedia for linking California GOP to Nazism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The results appeared in a Google information box screen-captured by Vice News on Thursday. Google quickly removed the section on ideology. (Photo<\/a> by Robert Scoble\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014\u00a0Google\u00a0is blaming \u201cvandalism\u201d at Wikipedia for search results that incorrectly said the ideology of the California Republican Party included \u201cNazism.\u201d<\/p>\n

The results appeared in a\u00a0Google\u00a0information box screen-captured by Vice News on Thursday.\u00a0Google\u00a0quickly removed the section on ideology.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia’s publicly available change log shows that an anonymous user added the term \u201cNazism\u201d to the entry for the California GOP on May 24. The change was reversed by another editor a week later. A second, similar change on Thursday afternoon was reverted a minute later.<\/p>\n

The California GOP has formally repudiated U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Little, who has praised Adolf Hitler and advocated for limiting the representation of Jews in the government. While Little calls himself a Republican, the Republican Party says it has not endorsed any Senate candidates in California.<\/p>\n

California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, tweeted that the\u00a0Google\u00a0result was a \u201cdisgrace.\u201d California Republican Party executive director Cynthia Bryant called the result \u201clibelous\u201d in a statement and said\u00a0Google\u00a0and Wikipedia should \u201ctake more ownership of what is published on their sites.\u201d<\/p>\n

Federal law exempts internet companies from liability for user-posted material as long as they promptly remove offensive items once notified. The California GOP situation, however, underscores the risks that companies like\u00a0Google\u00a0face when they rely on user-generated sites like Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have systems in place that catch vandalism before it impacts search results, but occasionally errors get through, and that’s what happened here,\u201d\u00a0Google\u00a0said in a Thursday statement. \u201cThis would have been fixed systematically once we processed the removal from Wikipedia, but when we noticed the vandalism we worked quickly to accelerate this process to remove the erroneous information.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two months ago, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki told an audience at the SXSW technology conference that YouTube would begin to rely on Wikipedia entries to create a \u201ccompanion unit\u201d that will be shown beside conspiracy theory videos that continue to spread on the service.<\/p>\n

Wojcicki told Wired editor Nicholas Thompson at the time that the goal was to show alternative sources of information so viewers would \u201cbe able to research other areas as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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