Google was experiencing some problems recently when a racially offensive photo of the First Lady would pop up in its search engine after typing in
Michelle Obama"
Google apologizes
Google is unsure of how this happened but to me, that seems to be a question that should be answered. Besides the photo of Michelle, a search query for the First Lady also brought up "Jew." Google has since removed these hits from its site saying it violates Google law but it is now up on another search engine Web site.
It may be time to establish some universal rules for most search engine Web site. When there are different rules — or no set rules — an incident like this happens.
I'm all for Free Speech and I do think limitations on the Internet is a bad idea, but when an incident turns offensive and ends up hurting someone, then it's time to sit back and wonder what can be done differently.
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