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Google has apologised for an error that resulted in an image of Winston Churchill being removed from its search results, after accusations that the company had deliberately taken it down in support of the Black Lives Matter protests.
Conservative activists first noted the omission late on Saturday night, highlighting the fact that Churchill’s image was absent from the gallery results for “UK prime ministers”.
Google “UK Prime Ministers” and Winston Churchill’s photo isn’t there. Very very mysterious – to put it politely.
I just tried it, it’s true. See for yourself. Here’s a screen grab I got from a few minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/MF88sDw4O1
At the end of April, we received feedback that the image of Churchill automatically selected by our systems wasn’t representative of him. The systems had selected a picture of a younger Winston Churchill (shown below), while he’s more famously & iconically pictured when older… pic.twitter.com/eqEirPH6TV
A man who suffered a broken wrist and damage to his arm and shoulder after he was detained outside his home in what he believes was a wrongful racist arrest is suing the Metropolitan police over his injuries.
Tariq Stanley, an insurance underwriter, said he was wrongfully detained outside his home in the Woolwich area of the city during the pandemic lockdown.
Man sues Met police over injuries suffered in alleged racist arrest https://t.co/mb3ESm04sn
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