This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter.
In today's big story, we're looking at how a Google loophole brings advertisements for illegal drugs hosted on defaced government websites to the top of search results.
Previously, that wasn't an issue since these web pages never appeared in Google searches because website owners restricted Google from indexing them.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThe result is people using internal search functions to create webpages advertising drugs on websites viewed as trustworthy by Google.
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