Is Google Censoring Islam Suggestions?

by Ryan Singel
Wired
January 7, 2010

http://www.islamist-watch.org/2969/is-google-censoring-islam-suggestions

Excerpt:

Confused about what Islam is? Join the party — it seems Google can't figure it out either. Or, at least its search suggestion program can't.

If you type, "Buddhism is" or "Christianity is," Google will quickly show you suggestions for what it thinks you might be trying to type. In the former query's case, the Google guesses "not a religion," "wrong," "not what you think." Christianity gets tougher treatment with the suggestions "bullshit" and "not a religion."

But the query "Islam is"? Not a thing comes to mind for Google to suggest. (Search results are still there, of course.)

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