Google Jihad: Religions aren't all equal on popular search engine

The Washington Times ^ | January 14, 2010 | Editorial

[Abakumov]

Google isn't carrying water for jihad. That's what the company says, and they're sticking to it. Still, many Internet surfers wonder: Is there something bad about Islam the Google search engine doesn't want you to know?

Google has been accused of pandering to Muslims by censoring negative search suggestions in its main search box. Type "Christianity is" in the search bar, and Google suggests helpful endings to your query, such as "not a religion," "a lie," "a cult," and so on. Google makes similar adverse suggestions for Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism, among other religions. But type "Islam is" - and all you get is a big blank bar.

[InMemoriam]

Let’s see. How many WEEKS ago did I learn this, because I read FreeRepublic?

And this is the Washington Times catching up! Imagine getting your news from CBS.

[Talisker]

[immadashell]

This no surprise. They have been in the bag for our first Islamic president all along.

[chopperman]

However, the selections for ‘Obama is’ are quite appropriate.

[Matchett-PI]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2427502/posts?page=9#9

[daniel1212]

What have i have done is may my own Google search engine, by selecting the domains i know have conservative (in this case) Christian content. See here. http://www.google.com/cse/manage/create

Here are the results for Jihad using it: http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&client=google-coop&cof=FORID%3A13%3BAH%3Aleft%3BCX%3AApologetics%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fintl%2Fen%2Fimages%2Flogos%2Fcustom_search_logo_sm.gif%3BLH%3A30%3BLP%3A1%3BVLC%3A%23551a8b%3BDIV%3A%23cccccc%3B&adkw=AELymgWLAGKN7XdNx_IQVOzpie3t3fxwEDRy8vaic81hcef6PA7ztvtmljpX_2V_Iss7TrzOygBJlltuwMUsN8aAYR1fZZQLUFttfqbPSocqrVkz45bLBvI&num=50&q=jihad&btnG=Search&cx=004582012949189904190%3Aeyegpmtujig

[Balding_Eagle]

BING. Switch to Bing.com

It’s nearly a mirror image of Google, at least for this issue.

Islam is evil, for example. Christianity is (blank)

[daniel1212]

PS, it will still search other sites if you check search “The entire web, but emphasize sites I select”, which i think is best, but the prime result are usually from the sites you list. Of course, there is broad language, that stipulates that you agree that

“the Site shall not contain any ... hate-related or violent content or contain any other material, products or services that violate or encourage conduct that would violate any criminal laws, any other applicable laws...,”

I assume the laws referred to are those of the US, and not Pakistan, bit inciting hate and violence is what liberals wrongly charge those who conscientiously oppose things such as homosexuality, and uphold Biblical morality, do, while they actually seek to foster that very thing.

[magritte]

However, if you type “Islam evil” you get “Islam evil in the name of God” or “Islam kills” suggests “Islam kills Christians”...magritte

[The Duke]

Who can blame Google for not wanting their offices to get bombed or their employees decapitated(?) Google’s move here is the ultimate insult to Islam.

[phredo53]

When is the last time you tried it? I get 98,600,000 hits for "Islam is". Anti-islam sites, pro-islam sites, neutral sites with the words "islam is..." in the content.
There's nothing to this claim.

[phredo53]

My apologies, InMemoriam. The claim is related to the suggestion box, not the hits. The only suggestion I got for ‘islam is’ was ‘islamabad is the capital of what country’. Google claims its a bug and they’re fixing it. Whatever.