Canada Proud's Claim That Winston Churchill Was 'Removed From Google' is Highly Misleading - 2020-06-16

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F0.png Canada Proud's Claim That Winston Churchill Was 'Removed From Google' is Highly Misleading June 16, 2020, PressProgress

Claim: A meme published by the right-wing Facebook page "Canada Proud" claims British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was "removed from Google."

The meme shows an image of Churchill with text that reads: "1945: victory over Hitler." Below is an image of a Google search result showing Churchill's photo missing from a list of "British Prime Ministers" alongside text that states: "2020: Removed from Google."

In a caption on the Facebook post, Canada Proud adds: "Communist governments erase and rewrite history. Free countries reflect upon and learn from theirs."

Rating: Canada Proud's claim is misleading — although it does reference an event that was reported by news organizations, it omits relevant context that invites social media users to form false conclusions.

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{{cite news | title = Canada Proud's Claim That Winston Churchill Was 'Removed From Google' is Highly Misleading | url = https://pressprogress.ca/canada-prouds-claim-that-winston-churchill-was-removed-from-google-is-highly-misleading/ | work = PressProgress | date = June 16, 2020 | accessdate = July 29, 2020 }}
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