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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGoogle Sued for Suggesting Rupert Murdoch and Other Celebrities are Jewish
French organization says Google search engine's auto-complete is anti-Semitic.
Google has been hit with a lawsuit in France for suggesting that certain celebrities, including News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch and Mad Men star Jon Hamm, are "Jewish."
Since 2008, Google has been attempting to anticipate what its users will type into search boxes with its "Suggest" feature, but lawyers for SOS Racisme, a French organization that fights discrimination, say that by connecting persons with an often persecuted religious minority, the web giant is overseeing the creation of what is probably the biggest Jewish file in history.
According to local press reports, there's a hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the lawsuit. The plaintiff is contending that Google's users are confronted daily with unsolicited and systematic associations between famous people and their Jewishness.
Google has been hit with a lawsuit in France for suggesting that certain celebrities, including News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch and Mad Men star Jon Hamm, are "Jewish."
Since 2008, Google has been attempting to anticipate what its users will type into search boxes with its "Suggest" feature, but lawyers for SOS Racisme, a French organization that fights discrimination, say that by connecting persons with an often persecuted religious minority, the web giant is overseeing the creation of what is probably the biggest Jewish file in history.
According to local press reports, there's a hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the lawsuit. The plaintiff is contending that Google's users are confronted daily with unsolicited and systematic associations between famous people and their Jewishness.
Read more: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/google-sued-rupert-murdoch-jon-hamm-jewish-318012
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Google Sued for Suggesting Rupert Murdoch and Other Celebrities are Jewish (Original Post)
The Northerner
Apr 2012
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snooper2
(30,151 posts)1. I would tell SOS Racisme to go fly a fucking kite
LOL
Enrique
(27,461 posts)2. they are also anti-cactus
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)3. I just had to click...
Ian David
(69,059 posts)4. I like the part where it autosuggests "is Rupert Murdoch dead yet." n/t
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)5. Wait, does that mean they are Jewish or not?
Is it a crime to suggest that a Jewish person is Jewish?
What about the Koch brothers? Any information on their Jewishness or the lack thereof?