Tories and Google 'mates rates' tax deal

[sandwichsaint]

Anybody else seen this doing the rounds? I didn't believe it till I tried it myself this morning but it definitely is out there.

 

Do a regular Bing search on, 'Labour are ....'. 'Liberals are..' 'SNP are ...' 'Conservatives are ...' all of these will give you a range of results such as: right / wrong / left / right / stupid / funny / popular etc etc.

 

Now do exactly the same thing on Yahoo .... and you will get pretty much the same results.

 

Now do it on Google ... for Lib/Lab/SNP you will get the same results as before.... do it for 'Conservatives are ....' and the results are completely blank. It would appear that Google are suppressing search results around the key word 'Conservative'.

 

Scary stuff!

[trousers]

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/google-tories-are-labour-are-autocomplete-conspiracy-theories

 

Google said: “Autocomplete predictions are produced based on a number of factors including the popularity of search terms.”

 

So do searches for the Tories or Conservatives produce a different effect? Google offered a hint, saying: “We do remove offensive or inappropriate content from autocomplete predictions.”

 

It could be that the search results for “Tories are” and “Conservatives are” were so bad that the terms were removed automatically because they were so offensive. A similar override occurs for searches including “Christians are”, “Jews are”. Interestingly, “Muslims are” offers just one autocomplete: “Muslims are not terrorists”.

 

Or it could be the case that the Conservatives are better at reporting offensive terms than Labour or the Liberal Democrats – but a source close to the Conservative party told the Guardian it had not reported any offensive terms to Google.

 

Meanwhile, other searches for the same party do autocomplete: “The Conservative party is” completes with “your enemy”. A search for “Tory party is” offers another part of the puzzle, autocompleting to “Conservative party is bad” – suggesting that Google treats the two terms as interchangeable.

[Jonnyboy]

Highly suspicious stuff.

[Sour Mash]

Anybody else seen this doing the rounds? I didn't believe it till I tried it myself this morning but it definitely is out there.

 

Do a regular Bing search on, 'Labour are ....'. 'Liberals are..' 'SNP are ...' 'Conservatives are ...' all of these will give you a range of results such as: right / wrong / left / right / stupid / funny / popular etc etc.

 

Now do exactly the same thing on Yahoo .... and you will get pretty much the same results.

 

Now do it on Google ... for Lib/Lab/SNP you will get the same results as before.... do it for 'Conservatives are ....' and the results are completely blank. It would appear that Google are suppressing search results around the key word 'Conservative'.

 

Scary stuff!

That's not really scary is it.

[trousers]

It seems to be working fine for my searches...

 

[Hockey_saint]

Anybody else seen this doing the rounds? I didn't believe it till I tried it myself this morning but it definitely is out there.

 

Do a regular Bing search on, 'Labour are ....'. 'Liberals are..' 'SNP are ...' 'Conservatives are ...' all of these will give you a range of results such as: right / wrong / left / right / stupid / funny / popular etc etc.

 

Now do exactly the same thing on Yahoo .... and you will get pretty much the same results.

 

Now do it on Google ... for Lib/Lab/SNP you will get the same results as before.... do it for 'Conservatives are ....' and the results are completely blank. It would appear that Google are suppressing search results around the key word 'Conservative'.

 

Scary stuff!

 

Do something similar on Saints web and you'll basically get the same results. The right wing rule of this message board is shocking.

[Johnny Bognor]

Lefties obviuously use more derogotary terms when searching the Tories than the othe way round.

 

just lolled when I searched for " lefties are...".

[Colinjb]

Lefties obviuously use more derogotary terms when searching the Tories than the othe way round.

 

just lolled when I searched for " lefties are...".

 

That's very good!

[Jonnyboy]

Lefties obviuously use more derogotary terms when searching the Tories than the othe way round.

 

just lolled when I searched for " lefties are...".

 

Thanks I just found another Google stitch up:

Lefties are stupid, weird etc.

Right wingers gives only Fifa 16 stuff.

[Hamilton Saint]

Anybody else seen this doing the rounds? I didn't believe it till I tried it myself this morning but it definitely is out there.

 

Do a regular Bing search on, 'Labour are ....'. 'Liberals are..' 'SNP are ...' 'Conservatives are ...' all of these will give you a range of results such as: right / wrong / left / right / stupid / funny / popular etc etc.

 

Now do exactly the same thing on Yahoo .... and you will get pretty much the same results.

 

Now do it on Google ... for Lib/Lab/SNP you will get the same results as before.... do it for 'Conservatives are ....' and the results are completely blank. It would appear that Google are suppressing search results around the key word 'Conservative'.

 

Scary stuff!

 

Yeah, I saw that. Reported by the BBC? Or The Independent? Or The Guardian? I go to those sites often. Read it recently.

[Johnny Bognor]

Thanks I just found another Google stitch up:

Lefties are stupid, weird etc.

Right wingers gives only Fifa 16 stuff.

 

Just don't tell anyone about the "Pompey are..." autofil or those idiots from down the M27 will think there is a conspiracy going on LOL