Google Autocomplete says Rupert Murdoch, Jon Hamm are 'Jewish'
Occurred: May 2012
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French civil rights group SOS Racisme, alongside a raft of other French equality orgainsations, has accused Google of wrongfuly labeling Rupert Murdoch, Jon Hamm and other celebrities as 'Jewish'.
The complaint alleges that Google's Autocomplete function 'systematically' equates Murdoch and others with being Jewish, thereby stereotyping and discriminating against Jews, advancing racist ideas about Jewish conspiracies, and violating a French law against compiling files on people that refer to their ethnicity.
The case was dropped in June 2012 after both sides reached an agreement. It was unclear whether Google was forced to make any changes to Autocomplete.
Operator: Alphabet/Google
Developer: Alphabet/Google
Country: France
Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts
Purpose: Predict search results
Technology: NLP/text analysis
Issue: Accuracy/reliability; Bias/discrimination - religion; Mis/disinformation
Transparency: Governance; Black box; Legal
System
News, commentary, analysis
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/google-sued-rupert-murdoch-jon-hamm-jewish-318012
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-autocompletes-anti-semitism-sexism-racism/
https://uk.pcmag.com/search-2/64247/google-sued-over-jewish-search-suggestions#
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-autocomplete-jewish-murdoch/43137/
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/google-instant-anti-semitic-france_n_1465430
https://www.timesofisrael.com/google-sued-in-france-over-jewish-searches/
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/technology/racism-lawsuit-against-google-dropped.html
https://www.thejc.com/news/world/deal-reached-in-google-france-autocorrect-battle-1.34138
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Type: Incident
Published: March 2023