Is Google Racist? Or Are You?

by Kim D.

If You Type a Racist Phrase in Google Maps, the White House Comes Up - #Spotter http://t.co/6TbnjWs8Qo pic.twitter.com/z0mj52a5Bi

— Kevin Douglas Moran (@KDMHealthUpdate) May 20, 2015

Last night a neighbor began texting me pics of Google and its map search debacle. The problem is supposedly fixed now, but apparently typing racist words in the Google map search box provided some very interesting results. For instance, typing the words"N" house brought up the location for the White House.

Google apologized . . . kind of. It's your fault for searching with racist words.

“Certain offensive search terms were triggering unexpected maps results, typically because people had used the offensive term in online discussions of the place. This surfaced inappropriate results that users likely weren’t looking for.”