Google News Sloppy Again

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 30, 2026

In the course of the past 3-4 weeks we felt like Google News was becoming less like Google Noise (or Gulag Noise) and more like whatever its name suggests: "Google News" (except Google only exploits others' reporting, Google broadcasts no news of its own).

Today was disappointing because this slopfarm (used to be a real site) showed up near the top in Google News:

Slop or fake: Canonical Unveils Ubuntu AI Strategy: Local Models, User Control, and Smarter Workflows

It's just plagiarising these critical pieces (critical of Canonical).

Worse yet, a network of 3 slopfarms (triplet operated by the same person/s) showed up again with FUD about "Linux":

Slop or fake: VECT 2.0 Ransomware Wipes Large Files Across Windows, Linux

The following 3 aren't just similar; they got produced by the same LLM and pasted by the same plagiarist: (all of them show up when searching for "linux")

Slop or fake: Linux Kernel 0-Day “Copy Fail” Roots Every Major Distribution Since 2017

Slop or fake: Linux Kernel 0-Day “Copy Fail” Grants Root Access Across Major Distros Since 2017

Slop or fake: Linux Kernel 0-Day “Copy Fail” Affects Distros Since 2017

Google already faces many lawsuits for its slop; if it's not careful, Google News will be only Gulag Noise, i.e. amplifier of plagiarism. That will weaken Google's defence. █

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