Google Censorship?

[BG45]

http://www.foxsmallbusinesscenter.com/scitech/2010/01/08/google-censoring-islam/

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Type a few words into the search field on Google's home page and the engine automatically returns a helpful list of popular, similar searches for the words you've typed in so far -- a convenient way to find the right information.

Enter "Christianity is" and you'll find results that, while offensive, at least indicate common discussions on the Internet. Likewise, type "Judaism is" and Google suggests other, potentially offensive searches such as "Judaism is false" and "Judaism is not a race."

But type "Islam is" into the search engine and Google's auto-results pane mysteriously vanishes, leading some to conclude that Google, whose mantra is "don't be evil," is censoring its search results.

According to Google's Web site, the query suggestions that appear as you type are drawn from from searches you've done (if you're logged in), searches done by users all over the world, sites in the search index and ads in Google's network.

The company also explains that "We try to fiddler out suggestions that include pornographic terms, dirty words, and hate and violence terms. If you encounter a term that should not be suggested, please let us know by posting in the Google Web Search Help Forum."

Perhaps the returned results are so inappropriate that all results have simply been turned off, an option some Internet users label 'cowardly.' After all, search for hot-button items such as "scientology is" or "Muhammad is" and the results are even more offensive.

A Google spokesman explained that the weird absence of results is just a software problem: "This is in fact a bug and we're working to fix it as quickly as we can." But the company would not respond to requests for clarification.

An intriguing corollary: Google offers search suggestions for future tense queries as well. Ask "Christianity will" and Google suggests "Christianity will end, it will disappear," and "Christianity will end." Ask the same about Islam and Google notes that "Islam will dominate the world" and "Islam will destroy Europe."
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With pictures in the article.

[jeffpugh]

Lullz. I bet you could start a conspiracy theory with this one. Nice post.

[BG45]

Thanks, and you probably could. I mean there is precedent, as Google self censors for the Chinese government, which people would bring up. I love how PM's fiddler changed some of the article, like the word fiddler.

[Hilde]

They're out to get us.

[zunshynn]

Maybe Islam doesn't get enough hits for that.

[zunshynn]

BTW... this is just another reason Bing wins!

[Ed Normile]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='10 January 2010 - 12:25 AM' timestamp='1263101134' post='2033753']
Lullz. I bet you could start a conspiracy theory with this one. Nice post.
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I posted this in another thread here, but its worth repeating. The World Health Organization did a report on population forecasts. In this report they concluded that as white races in europe have an average procreation rate of 1.3 children per couple while muslim races average 8.3 children per couple that in 15 years they project that europe will be a muslim majority and could enforce their will through majority positions of authority . The report also included that although in America the procreation rates are indentical, America will have 25 years until muslim majority as hispanic races procreate at an average rate of 3.5 children per couple. They added reports of muslim Imams calling for and end to wasting young muslim lives on violent Jihad as they will be in majority in a short timespan and they can legislate their views upon the countries which they control. Scary huh?

ed

[jeffpugh]

[quote name='Ed Normile' date='10 January 2010 - 01:26 AM' timestamp='1263104800' post='2033781']
I posted this in another thread here, but its worth repeating. The World Health Organization did a report on population forecasts. In this report they concluded that as white races in europe have an average procreation rate of 1.3 children per couple while muslim races average 8.3 children per couple that in 15 years they project that europe will be a muslim majority and could enforce their will through majority positions of authority . The report also included that although in America the procreation rates are indentical, America will have 25 years until muslim majority as hispanic races procreate at an average rate of 3.5 children per couple. They added reports of muslim Imams calling for and end to wasting young muslim lives on violent Jihad as they will be in majority in a short timespan and they can legislate their views upon the countries which they control. Scary huh?

ed
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Scary? We brought it onto ourselves. The conclusion is logical. Too bad only a few of us see it.

[southern california guy]

Maybe it was a bug in Google. I tried it and it's not doing anything unusual now.

[HisChildForever]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='10 January 2010 - 02:29 PM' timestamp='1263151778' post='2034032']
Scary? We brought it onto ourselves. The conclusion is logical. [b]Too bad only a few of us see it.[/b]
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[jeffpugh]

[quote name='HisChildForever' date='10 January 2010 - 03:44 PM' timestamp='1263156293' post='2034078']

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Did I start something?

[dominicansoul]

LOL. Now, when you google "islam is" it brings up nothing but articles about google censoring islam on their search engine!

[Era Might]

[quote name='dominicansoul' date='07 February 2010 - 01:57 PM' timestamp='1265569041' post='2052572']
LOL. Now, when you google "islam is" it brings up nothing but articles about google censoring islam on their search engine!
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I get various results, among them:

[quote]"islam is false"
"islam is a lie"
"islam is wrong"
"islam is of the devil"[/quote]

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='Era Might' date='07 February 2010 - 03:05 PM' timestamp='1265569508' post='2052576']
I get various results, among them:
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"islam is false"
"islam is a lie"
"islam is wrong"
"islam is of the devil"
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I get some of the same responses when I searched "Catholicism is"... not cool.

[Apotheoun]

It seems as if Google has corrected the pro-Muslim glitch from back in January, because when I checked back then nothing negative came up, but now it is as negative as a search involving Christianity or Catholicism.