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> That month, "is ted cruz the zodiac killer" was the second highest suggestion in Google's autocomplete for "is ted", but by April it was not in the autocomple
by crispyporkbites 6y ago
> That month, "is ted cruz the zodiac killer" was the second highest suggestion in Google's autocomplete for "is ted", but by April it was not in the autocomplete at all.[1][5] News.com.au writer Matthew Dunn suggested that Google was censoring the search term, showing evidence that it accounted for 89% of total searches when compared to other terms in the autocomplete
How often does google censor autocomplete? Does apple do this on their keyboard as well?
- schoen 6y agoGoogle seemingly does this a lot (although I don't know if it's included in their transparency report or if anyone has tried to measure it -- both of which would be nice). You can report predictions as "inappropriate" (look at the lower right of a prediction list in a desktop browser) and you'll see something like Which predictions were inappropriate? [...] The predictions selected above are: Irrelevant Violence or gore Sexually explicit, vulgar, or profane Hateful against groups Sensitive or disparaging for individuals Dangerous or harmful activity Other If Google agrees with the complaint, the prediction could be removed regardless of the popularity of the underlying search.
- gowld 6y agoIt's censored in Google search, not keyboard.