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Created by : sumitra dutta, Consultant, XYZ  | 11 25 2009 14:18:18 +0000
Industry : InternetFunctional Area : Filtering content(Others)
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There is sudden uproar in websites regarding a racist image of Michelle Obama which depicts the first lady with monkey features which has sparked sudden controversy. The picture, which is currently the top search result for "Michelle Obama" on Google Images, is blatantly racist and offensive and yet Google refuses to take it down. Even earlier there were pics of Barack obama which were found offensive. And there are many things which one finds offensive when search results appear if some query is given.  

And this is the Picture that appears in the first page when one types Michelle obama in Google images search......

.http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_110wcPq1TEY/SeIDvnjqUAI/AAAAAAAAElk/LXtZwBJy3-o/s400/michelle-obama.jpg

So what do you think people, Should Google police the content that flows in? Do share your views.

 
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Yes Google should police the content that flows in and there are kids across the world who use google for many things and we don't want them to get wrong things when something is typed.  As there is so much irrelevant stuff that comes in when one types a query, so it should make its search engine more clean by filtering things even when the safety filter is on while searching.


By sumitra dutta, Consultant, XYZ  11 25 2009 14:24:37 +0000
 
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No doubt degrading Michelle Obama on racist terms is a sign of mentally down and perplexed mind person but not of Google......

Google is simply a search engine.....and it provides what it founds during its searching........Policing content by Google means......Google will have to decide what we can see or not.......!!!! isn't strange. 

there could be list of thousands of items which is not suitable for all categories of people on net.........but 'Choice to see or not' should always be of the viewer/surfer.......

Don't forget majority of surfers do watch all types of content including legal/illegal/porn/unsocial and immoral in grounds.......but at their discretion only.......

So i suggest to raise your conscience and discretion to avoid such things instead of policing....

 


By Amit Kumar, Company Secretary Cum Legal Manager, INX Media Private Limited  11 26 2009 04:57:16 +0000
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Search Engine or not... nobody can doctor a living persons profile and picture and distort it just because... How would we take it if someone distorted Mahatma Gandhi's picture???

This is not merely a moral issue it is an issue of the mental state of the person who has done it. It will reflect directly to the his origin, his motherland, his country and by being the representative of the country i would personall not look at that man and his country with respect. I can never guarantee that these people would in turn have any respect for you.

It is serious and I really wish that Google would put a policy of monitoring the content that is being uploaded. Good debate Sumitra.


By Makrand Bhave, AGM - Corporate Business, E18, part of Network 18 Group  | 11 30 2009 05:23:36 +0000
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My vote is yes for policing the google's contents but is it posssible to do that probably google can make those sites pay sites


By Nanda Kumar, Zonal Sales Manager  | 11 26 2009 14:58:48 +0000
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Technological advancements have paved way for promoting any stuff.  The search engines have now become a threat for parents. Technology should now identify means to censor the contents that are uploaded and introduce methods to trace the source. Cyber Law to be made more decisive and universally enforceable.


By Resmi Maxim, GENERAL MANAGER - OPERATIONS, SI PROPERTY (KERALA) PVT.LTD.,  | 11 26 2009 09:54:08 +0000
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i think its a big mistake by a giant like google. google atleast should filter those things from their website which is leading to any kind of distraction. its a big search engine, and so they should care of these things.


By Naushad Ansari, PGDM, ACCMAN  | 11 26 2009 08:45:28 +0000
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I fully support you. This is absolutely disgusting. Who ever had created this has a stinking mind. And above all the (great?) Google is encashing on it by publishing.  Is this the way they contribute to the world. According to me no one have the right for doing such filthy things


By Sunil R Kumar, Vice President (Contracts ), Mfar Constructions  | 11 26 2009 04:53:16 +0000
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i agree with sumitra


By Vikas Dattatray Naykodi, Preventive Helth Chekup given in Low Cost, After Checkup Servisess Given, Documentation/Medical Writing, Computer Operator, Indus Health Plus  | 11 26 2009 04:45:58 +0000
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needless to ask, those short of culprits must be put behind bars, ther is nothing wrong in it,,,,


By Nagpal Singh, Sales and Business Development, Babel Group of companies  | 11 26 2009 04:02:02 +0000
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It is google's right or rather google's duty to monitor/moderate the content flow......for lot many reasons.


By SHARATH CHANDAR REDDY, Business Development Manager - Insurance, I T C Ltd  | 11 25 2009 16:39:22 +0000
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as mr.amit have mentioned everything has dual aspects one would be good and socially acceptable another one would be social taboo and just mention of it would be enough to raise few eyebrows .now,it should be left to those who are at the receiving end that which aspect of it they want to associate themselves to,its purely discretionary.after all,stage should not  be blamed for bad drama played on it.so,instead of asking google to be vigilant people should voice there opinion.


By kawaljit kaur, pgdbm student , Mount Carmel Institute of Management  | 11 29 2009 17:17:11 +0000
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policing wont solve the issue. people by & large should voice their opinion against such things. that's the best way to stop it. 


By Priya Varadan, Independent consultant, Self employed  | 11 28 2009 13:26:19 +0000
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It is unfortunate thing that has happened to Michelle Obama. However, people who do this sort of stuff is quite aware that by the time google is being informed many millions would have already viewed and circulation of these information would be hitting on many sites especially forwarding mails. It may be impossible for google to police everything that goes on the site considering that this is a widely used search engine.


By Devi Kaladeen, Audit Manager, Health Sector Development Unit  | 11 28 2009 01:15:20 +0000
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Google can delete the image from the search page.  However, the more important thing is that there is no way to remove it from the Internet itself.  Once you post something on the Internet, it is most likely replicated many times – either manually or automatically.
We all have to remember that the Internet is a living and breathing entity. An attempt to censor or remove a piece of information from the internet backfires, causing the information to be more widely publicized than it would have if no censorship had been attempted.
The Internet, like life, has few boundaries.   The potential is enormous.  However, as with life, there are consequences for each action.


By Ramesh Sharma, Head-IT, MPS Technologies Limited  | 11 26 2009 11:37:35 +0000
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I completely agree with what Mr. Amit has said here, it should be the user who should know what he wants when he is surfing the net, and not Google which gives you relevant content all the time, its the people who fiddle with keywords, and even in this case the blog which had this photo now would have driven traffic like thousands  to it, but then this is what controversy does, it drives traffic, so it is obvious that people like controversies. So it is people who should police themselves and not Google.


By Sudeep Tarafdar, Senior Consultant, IBM  | 11 26 2009 05:18:54 +0000
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