Google has tacitly admitted to removing negative reviews objecting to renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on ...

We’ve received a few questions about naming within Google Maps. We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when ...

Google Maps has blocked reviews for the “Gulf of America” Google’s mapping service is now showing “Gulf of America” in the US ...

Soon after, similar rollbacks of content moderation efforts occurred at Alphabet (the parent company of Google and YouTube) and Meta. For instance, in 2023 YouTube reversed its policy disallowing ...

After Mark Zuckerberg's big announcement that Meta will no longer fact check, Google is also sending a message to the ...

Meta's removal of fact-checking reshapes digital trust and responsibility. What it means for creators, audiences, and the future of content moderation.

The commitments are not legally binding, however. Fact-checking isn’t currently included as part of Google’s content moderation practices. The company objected to some of the code’s ...

According to the company, understanding a user's age is one of the biggest challenges in implementing age-appropriate ...

The announcement comes as trade tensions are rising in light of US President Donald Trumps recent decision to impose tariffs ...