Rescripting Search to Respect the Right to Truth
Deirdre K. Mulligan and Daniel S. Griffin · Georgetown Law Technology Review · 2018
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Citation
Mulligan, D. K., & Griffin, D. S. (2018). Rescripting Search to Respect the Right to Truth. Georgetown Law Technology Review, 2, 557–584.
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Abstract
Search engines shape public understanding not only of the web but of the world. This essay examines the controversy around Google results for the query ‘did the holocaust happen’ to understand how different imaginaries of search scripts produce problematic results and allocate responsibility for repairing them. It distinguishes displayed search results from the broader results-of-search experienced by searchers and considers search providers’ human-rights responsibilities.
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