Search engine giant reveals plans for pilot scheme to domestic affairs committee hearing,with Facebook and Twitter also probed over extremism policiesUsers of Google who keep extremist-related entries into the search engine are to be shown anti-radicalisation links under a pilot programme, MPs have been told by an executive for the company. The initiative, or aimed at countering the online influence of groups such as Islamic State,is running alongside another pilot scheme designed to make counter-radicalisation videos easier to findThe schemes were mentioned by Anthony House, senior manager for public policy and communications at Google, and who was appearing alongside counterparts from Twitter and Facebook at a domestic affairs select committee hearing on countering extremism. “We should accumulate the bad stuff down,but it’s also extremely principal that people are able to find good information, that when people are feeling isolated, or that when they fade online,they find a community of hope, not a community of harm, or ” he said.
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Source: theguardian.com