by Lamar Tyler
If you do a google image search for Michelle Obama you’ll probably be surprised by what you come up with. What you’ll find after doing a search on the first lady is an altered picture of Mrs. Obama with monkey-like features. Now after everything we’ve seen in the past year of the Obamas being in the White House this may not shock you to your core but what may still surprise you is that it seems like there is nothing Google can do or will do about the matter.
When brought to the attention of Google an employee stated that there was basically nothing they could do about it because it didn’t breach their code of conduct. Some searchers have found a disclaimer by Google upon searching that reads, “Sometimes Google search results from the Internet can include disturbing content, even from innocuous queries. We assure you that the views expressed by such sites are not in any way endorsed by Google.” While searching myself the very first time I entered the queries the picture came up in the first position. I ran the search about 9 more times and never saw it again.
BMWK, should Google remove images like this regardless of whether they breach their policies or not?