French Court Frowns On Autocomplete, Tells Google To Remove Searches - WJunction

Daniel · 7th Jan 2012, 09:02 AM

Google had been sued by insurance company Lyonnaise de Garantie, which was offended by search results including the word 'escroc,' meaning crook, according to a story posted Tuesday by the Courthouse News Service. 'Google had argued that it was not liable since the word, added under Google Suggest, was the result of an automatic algorithm and did not come from human thought,' the article states. 'A Paris court ruled against Google, however, pointing out that the search engine ignored requests to remove the offending word... In addition to the fine, Google must also remove the term from searches associated with Lyonnaise de Garantie.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...+International
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/01/03/42729.htm

foxman · 7th Jan 2012, 01:44 PM

Its funny that insurance company got a keyword with crook

ShareShiz · 7th Jan 2012, 08:36 PM

DAMN YOU AUTOCOMPLETE.. i mean autocorrect

7th Jan 2012, 09:02 AM	#1
Daniel My Statistics Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 16,557 Liked: 3,099 Times Rep Power: 50	Google had been sued by insurance company Lyonnaise de Garantie, which was offended by search results including the word 'escroc,' meaning crook, according to a story posted Tuesday by the Courthouse News Service. 'Google had argued that it was not liable since the word, added under Google Suggest, was the result of an automatic algorithm and did not come from human thought,' the article states. 'A Paris court ruled against Google, however, pointing out that the search engine ignored requests to remove the offending word... In addition to the fine, Google must also remove the term from searches associated with Lyonnaise de Garantie. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...+International http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/01/03/42729.htm
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7th Jan 2012, 01:44 PM	#2
foxman My Statistics Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 3,421 Liked: 779 Times Rep Power: 13	Its funny that insurance company got a keyword with crook
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ShareShiz Banned Website(s): ihide.info My Statistics Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,901 Liked: 1,210 Times Rep Power: 0	DAMN YOU AUTOCOMPLETE.. i mean autocorrect
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