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January 12, 2010

Say it ain't so, Google

Google claims this is a just a software problem. That's possible - but it seems pretty unlikely to me.

Is Google Censoring Islam Suggestions?

Confused about what Islam is? Join the party — it seems Google can't figure it out either. Or, at least its search suggestion program can't.

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If you type, "Buddhism is" or "Christianity is," Google will quickly show you suggestions for what it thinks you might be trying to type. In the former query's case, the Google guesses "not a religion," "wrong," "not what you think." Christianity gets tougher treatment with the suggestions "bullshit" and "not a religion."

But the query "Islam is"? Not a thing comes to mind for Google to suggest. (Search results are still there, of course.)

Posted by joke du jour at January 12, 2010 06:01 PM

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