Sexist and Racist Google Adsense Advertisements

January 23, 2013

Recent reports suggest that some advertisements selected by Google's Adsense platform are displaying sexist and racist content.
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MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.640, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.10 — similarity 0.637, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.625, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: google
Alleged developer: google
Alleged harmed parties: women, minority-groups

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