Some Google search results and ads can direct women to anti-abortion fake clinic websites

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

Article:
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/17/lawmakers-urge-google-to-tackle-misleading-abortion-search-results.html

Quotes from article:
... In states with trigger laws that would effectively prohibit abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned, 11% of search results for “abortion clinic near me” and “abortion pill” actually pointed to “anti-abortion fake clinics...

The report also found that, in those states, 37% of search results on Google Maps were for “fake clinics,” as were 28% of Google ads displayed at the top of the results.

The prevalence of these misleading ads marks what appears to be a concerning reversal from Google’s pledge in 2014 to take down ads from crisis pregnancy centers that engage in overt deception of women seeking out abortion information online.

[usonian]

1. OMG! Never EVER use Google. It relentlessly spies on you.

And Google sells data.
Google keeps a profile on you.
Some say, even those without a Google account, " shadow profiles"
And Google NEVER FORGETS.


EFF says:

Use a privacy-focused search engine, like DuckDuckGo.

Lots more here. It's a bit technical, but people on DU are glad to help.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/05/digital-security-and-privacy-tips-those-involved-abortion-access

Digital Security and Privacy Tips for Those Involved in Abortion Access
This applies to everyone. All it takes is a warrant to get your search history at Google (and lots more).
Do you want to gamble with some RW cop or D.A,?

Footnotes:
1. There are search engines like DuckDuckGo that erase records of who searched what daily or so.
Long story short, I use DuckDuckGo (duckduckgo.com) and set it as default on all my devices (phone, ipad, computers) It's actually easy. But no glaringly obvious. There are others.

2. Needless to say, home gizmos like Nest (owned by Google), Google Home, Alexa and Apple's gizmo hear everything (they use what you say in "private" moments to train their software), but this is about browsers.