| Google Portugal classifies ‘lesbian’ and ‘gay’ as slang words |
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 When typed into the Google Portugal search-box, the words ‘gay’ and ‘lesbian’ do not automatically recognize the word that is being searched for, nor does it offer any options other than suggested denominations that could be considered offensive to the homosexual community.Even when typed in their entirety into the search-box, Google Portugal, which is managed from Spain, does not offer assumed matches for the words. When matches are found, in some cases, the words are enclosed in brackets, meaning the search tool perceives them as slang. Others are spelt wrongly, such as ‘homoxexual’. The homosexual community considers this a discriminatory act, as this does not happen on any other international Google search engine. In response to questions posed by Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Notícias (JN), Google alleged that “Google Suggest uses information taken from the global popularity of various words that are researched to give a hierarchy to the suggestions presented”. “A word that is completely typed into the search box, which then does not result in any suggestions, is due to the number of searches made for that word (or lack of) by users and that word’s respective popularity”, the North American company clarified in its statement.
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