Google cuts racy results by 30% for searches like 'Latina teenager'

Google cuts racy results by 30% for searches like 'Latina teenager'

OAKLAND — When U.S. actress Natalie Morales carried out a Google search for “Latina teen” in 2019, she described in a tweet that all she encountered was…

Google cuts racy results by 30% for searches like ‘Latina teenager’

By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - When U.S. actress Natalie Morales carried out a Google search for "Latina teen" in 2019, she described in a...

Google cuts racy results by 30% for searches like ‘Latina teenager’

By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - When U.S. actress Natalie Morales carried out a Google search for "Latina teen" in 2019, she described in a tweet that all she encountered was pornography. Her experience may be different now. The Alphabet...

Google cuts racy results by 30% for searches like 'Latina teenager'

OAKLAND — When U.S. actress Natalie Morales carried out a Google search for “Latina teen” in 2019, she described in a tweet that all she encountered was…

Google cuts racy results by 30% for searches like 'Latina teenager'

The Alphabet Inc unit has cut explicit results by 30% over the past year in searches for "latina teenager" and others related to ethnicity, sexual preference and gender

Google cuts racy results by 30% for searches like 'Latina teenager'

Her 2019 tweet said she had been seeking images for a presentation, and had noticed a contrast in results for "teen" by itself, which she described as "all the normal teenager stuff," and called on Google to investigate. The search giant has spent years addressing feedback about offensive content in its advertising tools and in results from searches for "hot" and "ceo." It also cut sexualized results for "Black girls" after a 2013 journal artic…