Earlier, when I searched for "Hong Kong National Anthem" on Google, "Glory to Hong Kong" popped up instead of the Chinese national anthem "March of the Volunteers".
New Democratic Party Legislative Council member Yung Hayen raised a written question, asking what new government plan the government has under the current mechanism to make Google search engine search results display the correct national anthem.
The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Sun Dong, responded that the government is technically optimizing the search results of relevant government webpages, such as searching for the national anthem, so as to improve the ranking of webpages in search results.
Sun Dong said that he will meet with representatives of the Google Asia-Pacific Public Policy and Government Affairs Department in November 2022, and has made solemn representations.
Google responded in writing in December that the sorting of search results is done automatically based on algorithms, and it will not use human operations to put correct information at the top of the search results, but will only remove illegal content from Internet search sites in the region in accordance with local laws .
So Sun Dong further wrote to the Google headquarters to request that the wrong information be removed from the search results, emphasizing that the search results are obviously inappropriate and misleading, which violates Google's "Search Result Content Policy".
Sun Dong recently held a meeting with the leaders of Google Asia-Pacific region, and the two sides agreed to continue to communicate and find a proper way to solve the problem.
In addition, the bureau also pays close attention to the results of searching for regional flags and regional emblems on the Internet.
From a technical perspective, the government is optimizing the search results of relevant government webpages for searching for the national anthem, etc., so as to improve the ranking of webpages in search results. It is also suggested that the public should refer to government webpages for accurate information.
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