The Bureau of Innovation, Technology and Industry stated today (25th) that Director Sun Dong met with Google’s Asia-Pacific public policy and government affairs executives on Monday (21st). "Glory to Hong Kong", which means Hong Kong independence, ranked at the top, and made a solemn representation, urging the other party to "put the correct information at the top of the search results", so as not to mislead overseas and local netizens.
Four days later, when I searched for "Hong Kong National Anthem" on Google this evening, the top results were "Glory to Hong Kong" or "Glory to Hong Kong".
▼On November 14, the second leg of the Asian Rugby Sevens Series in South Korea played the wrong national anthem▼
OGCIO wrote to ask Google to face up to the situation on Monday
When the Hong Kong rugby team played the Sevens in South Korea on the 13th of this month, the wrong national anthem was played, and the song "Glory to Hong Kong", which was accused of having Hong Kong independence in the anti-extradition law storm, was broadcast.
Later, some netizens discovered that when they searched for "Hong Kong National Anthem" on Google and YouTube, they found that "Glory to Hong Kong" appeared in the front row instead of the Chinese "March of the Volunteers".
The Bureau of Innovation, Technology and Industry stated that "Glory to Glory" is closely related to the "black violence" wave and Hong Kong independence demonstrations, but when searching for keywords related to "Hong Kong" and "national anthem" on Internet search engines, the song appeared in some searches Since the results are pre-positioned, the OGCIO has maintained close communication with Google's Hong Kong branch on the relevant situation since last week.
Sun Dong, Director of Innovation Technology and Industry Bureau.
(File photo/photo by Liang Pengwei)
Sun Dong sees Google's executives urging correct information to be at the top of search results
Director Sun Dong met with senior executives of Google’s Asia-Pacific public policy and government affairs on Monday (21st) and lodged stern representations about the situation. top.
The service provider has confirmed receipt of the relevant written request and will follow up.
The authorities emphasized that Sun Dong had clearly pointed out to Google during the meeting that some search results displayed incorrect online information, which would not only easily provide excuses for the behavior of some people with ulterior motives, but also mislead local and overseas netizens. It has caused serious damage to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the country, so the service provider is required to follow up the situation seriously and deal with the problem as soon as possible, and emphasizes that the Hong Kong government will continue to pay attention to the development of the situation.
"May Glory" is still at the top of the search results
At night, the reporter searched Google and YouTube with "Hong Kong national anthem" or "Hong Kong national anthem", and found that "Glory to Hong Kong" is still at the forefront of the results, even at the top of the list.
▼On November 20, the Hong Kong rugby team returned to Hong Kong from Dubai▼
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