Black to square one: Google still hasn’t fixed its racial stereotyping problem

It still links searches for black, Asian and Latina girls to porn 10 years after the issue was flagged, raising fresh worries about 'algorithms of oppression'

11 November 2020 - 20:37 By Avi Asher-Schapiro

Nearly a decade has passed since Safiya Noble Googled “black girls” and found the search results were mostly pornographic — a discovery that drove her to explore how algorithms can perpetuate discrimination and inequality...

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