From Futurism · Maggie Harrison Dupré, Jon Christian · · 1m 10s
Brown Brothers Media Halts Publishing After Investigation
Futurism investigation reveals Brown Brothers Media stops publishing after Google suppresses its sites.
In brief
Futurism investigation reveals Brown Brothers Media stops publishing after Google suppresses its sites. Brown Brothers Media halted publishing after Futurism investigation found Google suppressing its AI content sites. Originally reported by Futurism.
Futurism investigation
Futurism published an exposé about Brown Brothers Media buying struggling news sites and turning them into AI-powered content mills rife with plagiarism and fake authors.
Google News dominance
Brown Brothers Media’s sites dominated Google News’ For You tab with formerly reputable publications like VegOut and Silicon Canals publishing long emotionally manipulative headlines.
Google suppression signs
Google now shows only ten static pages from VegOut domain and suppresses Silicon Canals and Space Daily sites.
Publishing halt
Brown Brothers Media stopped publishing new articles on Science Blog, Silicon Canals, and VegOut after Futurism investigation.
Content deletion
VegOut deleted all content since May with no explanation while Ideapod updated old stories but no new content.
Google’s response
Google has moved to quash Brown Brothers Media’s holdings from search results with no public action taken by the company.
The essence
Brown Brothers Media halted publishing after Futurism investigation found Google suppressing its AI content sites.
