Google Kicks Sites Out Of Google News For Hate Speech: "Newsbusters reports that Google has removed at least two websites from Google News due to complaints that the sites included hate speech. Considering that some news sites owe a huge portion of their traffic to Google News, the sites are obviously not happy. The real question is, are they really hate speech?
The first site, New Media Journal, received this email when asking Google why none of their new articles were appearing in News as of late last week:
From: Google Help [mailto:source-suggestions@google.com]
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 11:56 AM
To: NewMediaJournal.us
Subject: [#58423255] Google News
Hi Frank,
Thanks for writing. We received numerous reports about hate content on your site, and after reviewing these reports, decided to remove your site from Google News. We do not allow articles and sources expressly promoting hate speech viewpoints in Google News (although referencing hate speech for commentary and analysis is acceptable).
...
