Author: Natt Garun
Google is displaying shoppable results and sponsored ads for high-capacity drum magazines, even though it is against the company’s policy to advertise gun parts that enhance the functionality of a weapon. A Google search for “.223 100rd” (short for round), the same type of magazine used by the Dayton massacre shooter, displays sponsored results on the right side of the page, with more links leading to buyable products on the Shopping tab.
As noted by Pinboard developer Maciej Cegłowski’s tweets, Google’s algorithms also fail to block search results for other gun accessories. A search for “AR 15 mod” does not turn up any results, presumably because it has been delisted by a manual filter. But spelling out “fifteen” bring up pages of...
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Google is displaying shoppable results and sponsored ads for high-capacity drum magazines, even though it is against the company’s policy to advertise gun parts that enhance the functionality of a weapon. A Google search for “.223 100rd” (short for round), the same type of magazine used by the Dayton massacre shooter, displays sponsored results on the right side of the page, with more links leading to buyable products on the Shopping tab.
As noted by Pinboard developer Maciej Cegłowski’s tweets, Google’s algorithms also fail to block search results for other gun accessories. A search for “AR 15 mod” does not turn up any results, presumably because it has been delisted by a manual filter. But spelling out “fifteen” bring up pages of...
Continue reading…
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