Artificial intelligence (AI) accelerated an unfounded online rumor following the December 2024 fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Google intervened and removed negative online reviews aimed at McDonald's this week after a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson was arrested at the fast food chain's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Google has been forced to take down a deluge of derogatory reviews targeting the McDonald’s branch where New York City shooting suspect Luigi Mangione was arrested. Mangione, 26, was apprehended at the fast food chain’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Monday after a five-day manhunt.

Google on Monday removed derogatory reviews about McDonald's after the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson was arrested at its restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where police say a customer alerted a local employee about him.

Google purged negative reviews bombarding an Altoona McDonald's after the arrest there of a suspect in UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson's murder. The r

Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, was charged Monday night with murder and other counts, including carrying a gun without a license and forgery.

Following the arrest of Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, Google removed derogatory reviews of McDonald's in Altoona, citing violations of its review policies.

Google swiftly removed a series of negative reviews from a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, was arrested at the restaurant.

One now-deleted review on Google that was spotted by Reuters said the “location has rats in the kitchen that will make you sick and your insurance isn’t going to cover

Police in New York have charged a man with murder after the assassination of healthcare chief executive Brian Thompson. Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, was arrested in a branch of McDonald’s on Monday following a five-day manhunt.

The suspect, Luigi Mangione, in the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, was arrested from a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.

The negative reviews started after a McDonald's employee in Altoona alerted the police, leading to Mangione's arrest.