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A man compared the results for Googling ‘Three black teenagers’ and ‘Three white teenagers’ – and the results have ignited debate over whether Google is racist.
The video – posted by Twitter user @iBeKabir – has been retweeted thousands of times, with the ‘white’ search showing cheerful stock images, and the ‘black’ search showing mugshots.
YOOOOOO LOOK AT THIS pic.twitter.com/uY1JysFm8w — July 3rd. (@iBeKabir) June 7, 2016
But viewers are divided as to why the difference was so great – with some suggesting that there are simply more stock images featuring white people.
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Google results are delivered by an algorithm, and can be affected by many factors, such as what words images are tagged with .
I'm weak at y'all saying Google is racist ??? — July 3rd. (@iBeKabir) June 8, 2016