Google and Its Algorithmic Methods Catch Attention in India
July 26, 2016
I read “Google in Legal Trouble in India for Including PM Modi in Top Criminals Search Results.” I have no way of knowing if the write up is accurate or the product of the great Internet news machine. I found the factoids amusing.
I highlighted this passage as fodder for the spirit of Jack Benny or Fred Allen:
The complainant, an advocate named Sushl Kumar Mishra, has argued that a Google search for the “top ten criminals of the world” showed Modi’s photograph in the search results. Mishra has said that while he wrote to Google to remove Modi’s name from the list, he got no response.
Customer service? In response to an email? Okay, this person is an optimist. As an aside, politicians are good actors. Right?
Google’s response was interesting as well:
The company had explained that the results were due to the British daily using an image of Modi with erroneous metadata and that the news articles did not actually link Modi to criminal activity.
Love that smart software.
Stephen E Arnold, July 26, 2016
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