Michelle Obama Racist Image
Responding Michelle Obama racist pictures that appear on Google search engine yesterday, Google has apologised over a racially offensive picture of Michelle Obama that appeared when users searched for images of the US first lady. The image came top of the Google Images results for “Michelle Obama”.
Google placed a notice over the picture titled “Offensive Search Results”, saying: “Sometimes our search results can be offensive. We agree.” Later on Wednesday the image dropped from top image results, though the BBC understands Google did not remove it. Instead, the image appeared to have been removed from the site that originally published it, and was therefore no longer appearing prominently in Google searches.
This is the analisis from Martin Asser, BBC Search Engine specialist, why this case can be happen.
Freedom of access to the internet means much offensive material resides there, but ordinary users are seldom exposed to it in daily online activity.
Occasionally, however, the world’s most popular search engine, Google, highlights such material, which is what has happened with a mock-up photo of Michelle Obama.
The cause is Google’s system of algorithmic analysis, which, without human intervention, ranks sites according to things like the number of links pointing there and the amount of activity at the site.
The shocking doctored image of Mrs Obama must have immediately created a flurry of interest - mainly negative - and that sent the image shooting up Google’s rankings.
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