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'Less Fringy Search' engineer profile (2017)

Internal profile of principal engineer Paul Haahr, whose listed mission is 'Less Fringy Search' and 'fringe ranking: not showing fake news, hate speech, conspiracy theories…'

Employees' email addresses, phone numbers and most names have been blacked out. Executives and document authors already named in public coverage are left visible.

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