{"id":1995,"date":"2021-06-28T17:45:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/28\/google-search-feature-gives-wrong-guidance-on-uk-self-isolation-rules\/"},"modified":"2021-06-28T17:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:45:56","slug":"google-search-feature-gives-wrong-guidance-on-uk-self-isolation-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/28\/google-search-feature-gives-wrong-guidance-on-uk-self-isolation-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Google search feature gives wrong guidance on UK self-isolation rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Information was parsed from gov.uk website incorrectly, leading to possible confusion over Covid requirements<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/coronavirus-live\/latest\">Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google has been sharing incorrect instructions on contact tracing through its Covid-19 \u201ccommon questions\u201d feature, advising some users that they can stop self-isolating when NHS rules say the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>The flaw is the latest example of Google incorrectly parsing information from websites and trying to present a simple answer to keep users from clicking away from the search engine. The company has pledged that it will now fix the advice after a government request to do so.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/jun\/28\/google-search-feature-gives-wrong-guidance-on-uk-self-isolation-rules\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/eb1cac2c7f65f52f67e88019191065b654492641\/0_50_3110_1868\/master\/3110.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2494c96e26720d7fafc80373c2de6585\" title=\"Google search feature gives wrong guidance on UK self-isolation rules\" \/>Information was parsed from gov.uk website incorrectly, leading to possible confusion over Covid requirements<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nSee all our coronavirus coverage<\/p>\n<p>Google has been sharing incorrect instructions on contact tracing through its Covid-19 \u201ccommon questions\u201d feature, advising some users that they can stop self-isolating when NHS rules say the opposite.<br \/>\nThe flaw is the latest example of Google incorrectly parsing information from websites and trying to present a simple answer to keep users from clicking away from the search engine. The company has pledged that it will now fix the advice after a government request to do so. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information was parsed from gov.uk website incorrectly, leading to possible confusion over Covid requirements Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Google has been sharing incorrect instructions on contact tracing through its Covid-19 \u201ccommon questions\u201d feature, advising some users that they can stop self-isolating when NHS rules say the opposite. The flaw is &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/28\/google-search-feature-gives-wrong-guidance-on-uk-self-isolation-rules\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google search feature gives wrong guidance on UK self-isolation rules<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}