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First they manipulated search suggestions in favor of Hillary and now this :(

by jkeler 10y ago

packetslave 10y ago
[citation needed]
- MichaelGG 10y ago
  Probably referring to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFxFRqNmXKg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFxFRqNmXKg Was on HN but flagged. Google replies: "Google Autocomplete does not favor any candidate or cause. Claims to the contrary simply misunderstand how Autocomplete works. Our Autocomplete algorithm will not show a predicted query that is offensive or disparaging when displayed in conjunction with a person’s name. More generally, our autocomplete predictions are produced based on a number of factors including the popularity of search terms." Seems like "criminal" and "indictment" are filtered out, which happens to benefit Hillary but seems to apply to other people. I tried a indicted people and it didn't autocomplete.
  - Criticism123 10y ago
    Then why does it autocomplete "Crooked Trump" but not "Crooked Hillary"?
- raddad 10y ago
  "The analysis found a very different result with Google’s top competitors, Bing and Yahoo. When spotted the terms “Hillary Clinton cri” and “Hillary Clintion ind,” Bing and Yahoo brought up as their top choices “Hillary Clinton criminal charges” and “Hillary Clinton indictment” as part of their auto-complete functions using the same key letters, according to SourceFed. While that could reflect legitimate differences in the engines’ algorithms, Mr. Lieberman said that a search of “Hillary Clinton crime reform” on Google trends showed that “there weren’t even enough searches of term to build a graph on the site.”" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/10/google-denies-burying-bad-hillary-clinton-stories/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/10/google-denie...
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- packetslave 10y ago
  "Despite what you might have seen online, Google is not manipulating its search results to favor Hillary Clinton." http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/10/technology/hillary-clinton-google-search-results/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/10/technology/hillary-clinton-g...
davidcgl 10y ago
Just because someone claimed Google manipulated search suggestions doesn't mean they actually did it. The video itself even acknowledged the lack of concrete proofs.

First they manipulated search suggestions in favor of Hillary and now this :(

by jkeler 10y ago

First they manipulated search suggestions in favor of Hillary and now this :(

packetslave 10y ago

[citation needed]

MichaelGG 10y ago
Probably referring to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFxFRqNmXKg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFxFRqNmXKg Was on HN but flagged. Google replies: "Google Autocomplete does not favor any candidate or cause. Claims to the contrary simply misunderstand how Autocomplete works. Our Autocomplete algorithm will not show a predicted query that is offensive or disparaging when displayed in conjunction with a person’s name. More generally, our autocomplete predictions are produced based on a number of factors including the popularity of search terms." Seems like "criminal" and "indictment" are filtered out, which happens to benefit Hillary but seems to apply to other people. I tried a indicted people and it didn't autocomplete.
- Criticism123 10y ago
  Then why does it autocomplete "Crooked Trump" but not "Crooked Hillary"?
raddad 10y ago
"The analysis found a very different result with Google’s top competitors, Bing and Yahoo. When spotted the terms “Hillary Clinton cri” and “Hillary Clintion ind,” Bing and Yahoo brought up as their top choices “Hillary Clinton criminal charges” and “Hillary Clinton indictment” as part of their auto-complete functions using the same key letters, according to SourceFed. While that could reflect legitimate differences in the engines’ algorithms, Mr. Lieberman said that a search of “Hillary Clinton crime reform” on Google trends showed that “there weren’t even enough searches of term to build a graph on the site.”" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/10/google-denies-burying-bad-hillary-clinton-stories/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/10/google-denie...
- deleted 10y ago
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packetslave 10y ago
"Despite what you might have seen online, Google is not manipulating its search results to favor Hillary Clinton." http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/10/technology/hillary-clinton-google-search-results/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/10/technology/hillary-clinton-g...

davidcgl 10y ago

Just because someone claimed Google manipulated search suggestions doesn't mean they actually did it. The video itself even acknowledged the lack of concrete proofs.