Google clarifies stories related to Pakistan flag search
The company issued a clarification suggesting the screenshots of search results were actually from a meme in 2017
A man holds his smartphone which displays the Google home page, in this picture illustration taken in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, August 22, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS
With tensions rising between the two countries following the Pulwama attack, Google’s image search was found to be compromised.
According to users, searching for the “best toilet paper in the world,” the Google UI supposedly showed results linking to the national flag.
This comes after a deadly incident where at least 44 Indian security personnel in Indian-occupied Kashmir were killed in a car bomb attack on a security convoy.
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The responsibility of the deadly attack was reportedly claimed by the banned Jaish-e-Muhammad. India, however, took no time in pointing a finger at Pakistan.
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A Google spokesperson while responding to queries related to the spokesperson stated, "While we continue to investigate the matter, we have not 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 is inconsistent with our UI and dates back to 2017, and we have not seen any independent verification that these results ever appeared as depicted".
This story originally appeared on BBC.
According to users, searching for the “best toilet paper in the world,” the Google UI supposedly showed results linking to the national flag.
This comes after a deadly incident where at least 44 Indian security personnel in Indian-occupied Kashmir were killed in a car bomb attack on a security convoy.
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The responsibility of the deadly attack was reportedly claimed by the banned Jaish-e-Muhammad. India, however, took no time in pointing a finger at Pakistan.
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A Google spokesperson while responding to queries related to the spokesperson stated, "While we continue to investigate the matter, we have not 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 is inconsistent with our UI and dates back to 2017, and we have not seen any independent verification that these results ever appeared as depicted".
This story originally appeared on BBC.