alt Hacker NewsGoogle can be reasonably expected to not push pirated content to top if someone is searching for the “big hit music download” because they might be held liable for helping people with illegal downloads. But they shouldn’t be liable for misleading people? Being sued for billions of dollars by corporations vs millions by common folks is the difference
There's also a difference between search engine results and this. Google is publishing their own text with false claims, not linking to another page that hosts it.