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It's not that "she's not a criminal" (the argument if this CNN report) that they don't autocorrect, it's that Google doesn't autocomplete "cri" to anyone- even
by ezragoldman 10y ago
It's not that "she's not a criminal" (the argument if this CNN report) that they don't autocorrect, it's that Google doesn't autocomplete "cri" to anyone- even Charles Manson or Al Capone- to "avoid disparaging a person's name". This is actually what they quote Google as saying in the next sentence. CNN is taking their argument one assumption too far, which is not what Google said. Typical media bias and spin. I'm actually more disappointed in CNN than Google's response, which seems quite reasonable. See below:
"The examples that SourceFed chose are factually incorrect. Hillary Clinton has not been charged with a crime. She has not been indicted. Google (GOOGL, Tech30) knows this, and its algorithm actually filters out inaccurate information in autocomplete.
"Our autocomplete algorithm will not show a predicted query that is offensive or disparaging when displayed in conjunction with a person's name," a Google spokeswoman said. "Google autocomplete does not favor any candidate or cause. Claims to the contrary simply misunderstand how autocomplete works."