Google Censors Abu Ghraib Images [updated] 731
Mihg writes "Try searching Google Images for abu ghraib, lynndie england, or Lynndie's boyfriend charles graner and note how you don't get any pictures of US soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners of war. Now try it with some of their competitors, like AltaVista, Lycos, or Yahoo!.
Google used to be able to find them, as is discussed in this AnandTech forum thread." I'm guessing that this is another case of our administration confusing "National Security" with "Politically Undesirable". Update: 11/07 20:18 GMT by P : Google has a reasonable explanation.
Lynndie England, naked and petrified! (Score:0, Funny)
And Yet.. (Score:5, Funny)
At least... (Score:3, Funny)
Ads (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry, it made me laugh.
Re:I'm certainly a tinfoil hat wearer but... (Score:3, Funny)
If past performance is any indication, I'd suggest "incompetence."
Re:Tried it and it's true. (Score:3, Funny)
And if there's one thing we here in the U.S. really, really hate, it's to look bad in the Arab world.
I can just hear the outcry as it trumpets across our waving waves of grain, echoing from our mountains, skimming across from sea to shining sea: "Google is censoring Abu Graib pics! How will we ever recover our prestige?!"
Re:Google just sucks (Score:3, Funny)
Please tell me that you're not that retarded. The discussion is about the IMAGE search, not the web search.
-Nick
Re:Google just sucks (Score:2, Funny)
*tightens tin foil hat*
No problem .. (Score:2, Funny)
.. we can just use Google's cache of Google's search results.
Re:And Yet.. (Score:3, Funny)
Regular Google Search (Score:1, Funny)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=abu+ghraib
Re:It depends (Score:3, Funny)
Funny (Score:2, Funny)
Spiffy!
Real reason (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Official Respons from Google. (Score:4, Funny)
Chris you karma whore (Score:1, Funny)
Re:You're guessing? (Score:3, Funny)
The death ray, definitely, because death rays are cool. I'd buy even more if the death ray cooked kittens...