The company settled in 2012 a lawsuit brought by French human rights organizations alleging autocomplete's adding of the word "juif" or "Jewish" to the names of many public figures, including those who were not Jewish, was reinforcing stereotypes. Google's autocomplete, which tries to fill out a user's search terms as they type, has in the past received criticism for offensive results, some of which have resulted in defamation lawsuits outside the U.S.
Google Translate suggests "planning to blow up the car" when a user enters an Arabic word meaning "plan." The company said it would remove the phrase Muslim advocates found offensive in a statement Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
The phrase appeared when users set Google Translate to convert Arabic to English and enter the word تخطط, a verb indicating that someone or some group plans to do something. We're very sorry for this offensive error, and are actively working on a fix which should be implemented shortly." "Unfortunately, some of those patterns can lead to unintentional autocomplete suggestions. "Google Translate is an automatic translator, using patterns from millions of existing translations as well as user queries to help decide on the best translation and autocomplete suggestions for our users," a statement from the company said. In a statement, Google later apologized for what it described as an error and said it was working to fix the problem. "This is a trusted source of information casually reinforcing stereotypes and in this case it's the particular stereotype that Arabs and Muslims are somehow more inclined toward violence than other communities, which is patently false," CAIR research and advocacy director Corey Saylor told Newsweek in an interview. Learning of the suggested phrase from Newsweek, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, called on Google to remove it Wednesday, saying it reinforces negative stereotypes. Google Translate suggests "planning to blow up the car" when a user enters an Arabic word meaning "plan." The company said it would remove the phrase, which Muslim advocates said reinforced stereotypes, in a statement Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
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