Google told to halt auto-complete
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Google told to halt auto-complete
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Re: Google told to halt auto-complete
#2Why turn it off instead of tweaking it?
Re: Google told to halt auto-complete
#3Why turn it off instead of tweaking it?
seems like that is what they are going for (according to the text of the article, not the title):
"...financial damages in a bid to press Google to erase the suggested search..."
Re: Google told to halt auto-complete
#4Google have the ability to do this, since they don't include any sexual terms in the auto-complete.
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#5The funny thing is that if these new stories included the man's name, it would naturally probably bump the old ones off.
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#6"Google has responded to the man's complaints by saying that since the results are compiled automatically there is no intrusion of privacy"
It's hard to see how this case is about privacy - it seems like it's really about defamation, however the real details aren't disclosed.
That said, the argument that because something is done by a machine the operators are not responsible for the consequences needs to be debunked once and for all.
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#7Those auto-completes can be gamed, as most of them are just searches most people have done. What you do is get a large group of people to search for + something else.
Of course you need to be creative, so rather than tell your friends, make it a contest or something. Or in your Linked In profile and email signature, put something like "If you want to see my latest resume, just google " resume".
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#8Google have the ability to do this, since they don't include any sexual terms in the auto-complete.
I thought people also have the ability to turn it off themselves - at least i thought they did, I'm struggling to find the option now. There is also another option to turn off instant update of the search results, which annoys the hell out of me (this is only for people logged into their Google account)
In any case, I'm sure it's just a case of Google flipping a switch somewhere...
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#9Did Google even defend against this in the Japanese court? I don't understand how this could get by if they did.
The fact is that names are not unique. Would he be complaining if his namesake was a renowned scientist / businessman / whatever?
Just because someone with his name is linked to crime does not mean that he is. It simply means that someone with a similar or same name is known for their criminality. I don't have what I would term as a popular name but hundreds of people share it. I would imagine in countries with far denser populations that meeting someone with the same name would be fairly common.
I would also like to see an employer who received a CV. Went to Google and typed in half a name and without even searching discarded the CV because auto-complete had shown the name along with a buzz word like crime.
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#10When I look at "Wanted" posters, some of those guys have the same first name as me. Can I sue?
You can find a scum lawyer anywhere in the world, can't you? I assume he has proof all his charges are true.