US lawmakers urge Google to fix misleading abortion search results

The US lawmakers have asked tech giant Google to fix abortion searches that mislead users to “anti-abortion fake clinics”.

According to USA Today, some Democratic members of Congress have asked Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to address concerns about Google search and map results for abortion information that are including “anti-abortion fake clinics”.

Democratic Senators Mark Warner and Elissa Slotkin in a letter dated called “especially concerning” a report from the non-profit organisation, the Center for Countering Digital Hate.A

The CCDH report found 37 per cent of Google Maps results and 11 per cent of Google searches for “abortion clinic near me” and “abortion pill”, in states with “trigger laws,” that would take effect automatically or through quick state action if Roe v. Wade is overturned, were for “anti-abortion fake clinics”.