"Jewish Baby Strollers" Provided Anti-Semitic Google Images, Allegedly Resulting from Hate Speech Campaign

August 15, 2017

Google's Image search for 'Jewish baby strollers' displayed offensive, anti-Semitic content allegedly due to a malicious hate-speech campaign on 4chan. This incident underscores the need for trustworthy and safe AI practices.

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Alleged deployer: google
Alleged developer: google
Alleged harmed parties: jewish-people, google-images-users

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