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Google 'best toilet paper' and images of Pakistan's flag appear

Google 'best toilet paper' and images of Pakistan's flag appear
Written by Garima Bora
Feb 19, 2019, 04:16 pm 3 min read
Google 'best toilet paper' and images of Pakistan's flag appear

Pakistan has been on the forefront of criticism these days after a deadly terrorist attack on Indian CRPF jawans in Pulwama was carried out by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed last week. And, rightly so. Now, if you search images of the 'best toilet paper in the world' on Google, it returns the stories, pictures, and links to Pakistan's green and white national flag.

Details
Netizens sharing screenshots of search results on social media websites

The technical glitch on Google Search results was seen a few days after the February 14 attack, in which over 40 CRPF jawans were martyred. Screenshots of the search results can be seen on social media websites, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Also, a query search about toilet paper or 'best China-made toilet paper' on Google shows media-reports about the toilet paper-national flag link.

Manipulation
Google search algorithm presumably rigged

It is important to understand that rigging/manipulating Google search results is possible. Google's search algorithm is presumed to have picked up a combination of words from the comments, which connect 'toilet paper' and 'Pakistan'. Further, people sharing the flag-toilet paper images must have also manipulated the search results.

Statement
We haven't found evidence of such search results: Google

Meanwhile, a Google spokesperson told IANS, "While we continue to investigate the matter, we haven't found any evidence that Google Images was ranking the Pakistani flag in response to this particular search." "Many news outlets wrote about an old screenshot from a meme-website that's inconsistent with our user interface...dating back to 2017, and we haven't seen any independent verification of these results," he added.

Trump
Previously, on searching 'idiot', Donald Trump's images appeared

However, this is not the first time Google displayed inappropriate search results. Previously, on searching 'idiot' on Google, it showed the images of US President Donald Trump. When Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, was summoned to the US House Judiciary Committee for a hearing, he had explained that Google's search algorithm takes into account over 200 factors to return search results.

Sonia Gandhi
Google showed Sonia Gandhi's images for 'bar girl in India'

Closer home, Senior Congress leader, Sonia Gandhi faced a similar embarrassment last year after a Google search on 'bar girl in India' displayed her pictures and Wikipedia profile. Gandhi worked as a waitress at a restaurant/bar in Cambridge, UK, in the mid-1960s. As this information was available on many Internet pages, Google search algorithm probably picked up the keywords linking Gandhi to 'bar girl'.

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