Krishna Bharat, who invented Google news, has returned to the company after leaving in 2015.
Bharat's new role is "Distinguished Research Scientist"Jeenah Moon | Reuters
His return comes at a time when lawmakers and politicians scrutinize the company's handling of content including news rankings.veteran worked at the company for 15 years, between 1999 and 2015, and led a team that built Google News in the aftermath of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. While at Google, Bharat worked as a distinguished research scientist on web search and information extraction. He was also the founder and first director of Google's R&D branch in Bangalore.
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