Google Says Showing Polymarket Bets on Google News Was a Mistake

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons (Google search) and Katemangostar via Freepik (slot machine). Article by Frank Landymore. Futurism – April 9, 2026.

After an outcry, Google says that showing Polymarket bets alongside legitimate news sources on Google News was an “error.” “Google News is designed to show sources that create content about current issues, events, and important topics, and we have policies for sites to be eligible to appear,” the company told The Verge. “This site briefly appeared in Google News in error, and it is no longer surfacing in News.” […]

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