Letters: tech companies must take responsibility for algorithms

Google and others reap profits from their searches and they should be properly controlled

Carole Cadwalladr is absolutely right to highlight how Google's autocomplete and algorithmic search results can reinforce hate speech and stereotypes ("Google is not 'just' a platform", Comment).

But she is less right to claim I tried to absolve Google of responsibility by tweeting: "I'm sure @google will argue they aren't responsible for the results" in support. What I actually tweeted was that plus - "but they reap advertising revenue from the search. Is that ethical?"

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