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I've noticed a looooong time ago that Google has always tried to censor nudity. This is just a continuation on the same path. All you have to do is load Bing im
by dendory 14y ago
I've noticed a looooong time ago that Google has always tried to censor nudity. This is just a continuation on the same path. All you have to do is load Bing image search next to Google and do the same searches. It's pretty self evident. And also pretty freaking lame, because it doesn't reflect reality at all, just modern day US centric political correctness. Part of the US public is up in arms about breasts the same way EU is about Google News or corporate America in general. Different traditions. Google should be neutral, but it clearly isn't.
- chc 14y agoThis goes back to the idea that there is a set of "natural" search results that Google is deviating from. I don't think this is a realistic way of looking at things. Google's results are essentially a list of sites curated by an algorithm to be maximally relevant to the interests of the person searching. Curation implies discrimination. Assuming Google is behaving as a rational business, discriminating against nudity means that Google thinks most users don't want nudity in their search results. This may or may not be an accurate assessment of user preferences, but the idea that Google should be "neutral" just doesn't make sense. Google will always promote some results above others, and it will always view some sites as irrelevant to the user's intent. It can't not do that. Discriminating against nudity is not inherently any more "false" than discriminating against Viagra spam.
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