Strangely, Google hasn’t adjusted their algorithms to avoid potential legal trouble: the search engine will actually throw up a variety of popular suggestions for surfers seeking torrents and pirated content. Hollywood has repeatedly accused the company of facilitating piracy, and this is probably more ammo for their whining. Not too long ago, Google was showing ratings from shady sites in films’ Knowledge Panels.



While it’s a thought provoking idea to think that Google employees are manually curating the list, the entire process is likely automated. Still, many casual torrent users might find it quite handy. Whether rightsholders will be equally excited is another question though. The automated nature of this type of search result display also creates another problem. While many people know that most torrent sites offer pirated content, this is quite different with streaming portals. This leads to a confusing situation where Google lists both legal and unauthorized streaming platforms when users search for “streaming sites.”

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