>So, employees saw that the existing algorithm was inappropriately prioritising prejudiced results, and discussed tweaking the algorithm accordingly. I don't se

>So, employees saw that the existing algorithm was inappropriately prioritising prejudiced results, and discussed tweaking the algorithm accordingly. I don't see what's controversial about that, unless your understanding of Google is so basic that you really think results are calculated by a magic computer program in the sky. It's always been programmed by humans, within various parameters. It isn't objective and it never has been. sorry, you're straight up wrong here: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/found-out-about-jew/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/found-out-about-jew/ > “We find this result offensive, but the objectivity of our ranking function prevents us from making any changes,” the results were not manually massaged for political reasons in the past. i don't have as much confidence in that remaining the case these days, though.