[Global Times Special Correspondent in Hong Kong Ye Lan Global Times Reporter Chen Qingqing] Asian rugby sevens and other international competitions, there have been incidents of wrong Chinese national anthem being played and the wrong name of the national anthem being displayed during Hong Kong team matches.

To this end, the Hong Kong SAR government asked Google to put the correct national anthem on top.

　　According to Hong Kong media reports on December 1, Deng Bingqiang, director of the Hong Kong Security Bureau, said that when some Internet search engines searched for keywords related to Hong Kong and the national anthem, they displayed a song closely related to the 2019 "black violence" and "Hong Kong independence" At the forefront, the SAR government has lodged serious representations with relevant Internet search engine service providers, requesting that the correct national anthem be placed on top, and the suppliers indicated that they would follow up.

According to the report, Sun Dong, director of the Bureau of Innovation, Technology and Industry, lodged a stern representation to the Internet company Google on November 21.

During a meeting with senior executives of public policy and government affairs in the Asia-Pacific region of Google, he said that some search results displayed incorrect online information, which not only easily provided excuses for the behavior of some people with ulterior motives, but also misled local and overseas netizens. It has caused serious damage to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the country, and the service provider is required to follow up the situation seriously and deal with the relevant issues as soon as possible.

On the same day, the Office of the Director of Information Technology of the SAR Government also requested in writing that the service provider face up to the situation and put the correct information at the top of the search results. The company concerned stated that it had confirmed receipt of the request and would follow up.

On November 30, Legislative Council member Li Zijing, Civic Power Chairman Pan Guoshan and spokesman Lin Yuxing and others went to the Google Hong Kong office to petition, asking it to face up to the problem of wrong search results for the national anthem, put the correct Chinese national anthem "March of the Volunteers" at the top, and delete it. "Hong Kong Independence" song.

　　After the "wrong national anthem broadcast incident" occurred in the Asian Rugby Sevens Series held in Incheon, South Korea a few days ago, the organizer of the South Korean station and the public relations representative of the Korean Rugby League said that the organizer asked the teams to submit the recording of the national anthem in advance, but did not find the Hong Kong team to submit. file, the staff searched online and downloaded a song that was on the top.

A reporter from "Sing Tao Daily" went to the Google website to search different keyword combinations such as "Hong Kong", "China" and "national anthem" in Chinese and English, and found that most of the time "Hong Kong independence" songs would appear at the top position, and only "Hong Kong's" in English could be entered. "National Anthem" will be searched, and the explanation about "March of the Volunteers" will appear at the top.

　　Legislative Council member Chiu Dugan from the technological innovation community believes that search engines have the responsibility and obligation to put some objective facts, such as the national anthem of each country, at the top of the search results. They cannot put those results at the top under the pretext that there are many people searching.

For example, if the most people search for some pornographic or illegal content, will the search platform also put these content at the top?

Qiu Dagen said that the SAR government can of course negotiate with relevant platforms, but as a responsible platform, it should do so on its own.

　　In an interview with the Global Times reporter on December 1, Zhu Jiajian, a Hong Kong special member of the National Association for Hong Kong and Macau Studies and executive director of the Hong Kong General Association of the China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, said that the meaning and value of search engines is to allow users to search for massive amounts of data in the database. get the correct information.

The "correct national anthem" belongs to authoritative knowledge and common sense. Unlike advertisers' paid information, there is no priority or other options, because there is only one answer.

If the answer obtained through the search engine is wrong, either the database is wrong or the search logic is wrong, which is equivalent to destroying the credibility of the search engine.

He said, "Just as an encyclopedia or dictionary has incorrect information, this book does not matter."

Zhu Jiajian believes that suppliers provide users with different services, some charged and some free. "If a large number of users boycott and quit in a short period of time, the damage to the platform and market valuation will be catastrophic."

From the perspective of business considerations and image, after the event is exposed or received a complaint, the search engine should correct the mistake in a timely and decisive manner, apologize and make a promise, and find the deficiencies. This is a wise move.

(Global Times)