Facebook apologizes and says it is investigating why its search box autocomplete suggested sexual videos, child abuse content, and other strange results
The Guardian Alex Hern
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Discussion
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@alexhern
@alexhern
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Two things to note about this already bizarre story: 1) It came through the US alt-right, which increasingly views big tech as a direct enemy daily. 2) FB's statement implies that there are a lot of people searching for “little girl giving oral”. http://www.theguardian.com/...
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@ashleymayer
Ashley Mayer
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Remember when we thought Alexa's random laughter was creepy? http://twitter.com/...
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@frank_schaeffer
Frank Schaeffer
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Facebook set up searches including “video of little girl giving oral”. Facebook is stupidly irresponsible and must be regulated by grownups. http://www.theguardian.com/...
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@mgsiegler
M.G. Siegler
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Remain convinced there is a tech journalist mole embedded in FB doing these things for the stories they'll produce. Only logical explanation after daily fuck ups of this nature... http://twitter.com/...
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@kevinroose
Kevin Roose
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Interesting to compare/contrast the tone of the stock “sorry we let a bad thing happen” responses by Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat. http://twitter.com/...
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@kevinroose
Kevin Roose
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YT: our system didn't workFB: you don't understand how FB worksSC: we're sorry please don't leave us