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Do you know what kind of auto-completing Google should really halt? Spoilers. Do not type Game of Thrones character names on Google. EDIT. I'm really, really sorry. I didn't mean to spoil by implying that there are spoilers. I removed the character name.
Huh? I get "actress", "quotes" and "imdb".
(I am not a native Japanese speaker, but professional J>E translator with legal translation experience)
Did 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…
Given the prevalence of search, I would not be surprised at all if employers (more specifically recuriters) did a search and discard. It does not mean it's right or ethnical. But afaik there are no legal ramifications currently. Which is unfortunate.
I am starting to regret that I gave my child only two first names. What would be a reasonable number for the future? Maybe 10, or even 100? The idea being that you can switch your "official" name easily...
Auto-complete is just a subset of search. Why is it more offensive to type "john smith" and get the suggestion "serial killer" than search "john smith" and have the first three results being about John Smith, the serial killer, and only getting to John Smith, the mountaineer and cat lover, in position four?
Auto-complete is just a subset of search. Why is it more offensive to type "john smith" and get the suggestion "serial killer" than search "john smith" and have the first three results being about John Smith, the serial killer, and only getting to John Smith, the mountaineer and cat lover, in position four?
Is that true? Or are auto-complete suggestions merely additional terms that are part of popular search queries (but not necessarily search results)?
"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…
Auto-complete is just a subset of search. Why is it more offensive to type "john smith" and get the suggestion "serial killer" than search "john smith" and have the first three results being about John Smith, the serial killer, and only getting to John Smith, the mountaineer and cat lover, in position four?
Auto-complete is just a subset of search. Is that true? Or are auto-complete suggestions merely additional terms that are part of popular search queries (but not necessarily search results)?
"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…
I found this quite funny given all the recent events regarding domain names, MegaUpload, PirateBay, MAFIAA etc etc. Now if only the US would take the same view and leave the rest of the world alone...