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Google Israel Head Rejects Censor Role

Avrohom Eliezer Friedman (AEF) [PersonRank 10]

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
16 years ago2,513 views

Interesting article here http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/11733/Google+Israel+Head+Rejects+Censor+Role.html

I thought the most interesting line was:
<<Recognizing the problem, however, Google has instituted a warning system for hate entries, taking viewers to a page warning that some of the search results may be offensive.>>

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

Free speech is very important these days. So i think the CEO is right.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

Good catch Avrohom. I now asked Google for an example of such a warning page for hate content.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

I asked Google about the warning system the interview mentioned, and they say:

<<While we do not have such a system, we decided to respond to anti-semitic hate speech by placing advertisements next to any query for the word 'jew' – when you click on the ad, you go to a webpage that explains our search rankings, warns users that some of the results may be offensive, and notes that the opinions expressed certainly do not represent Google's views.>>

Avrohom Eliezer Friedman (AEF) [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

Oh – It's been like that for a while

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

Yep, I believe it was in 2004 when Google created such a warning page when you search for [jew], as that caused some controversy.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=jew
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2004_03_26_index.html

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