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I present this from Fox News Service
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. People looking for information on Judaism (search) on the Internet might be surprised when the result leads them to an anti-Semitic Web site.
For the past three years, the first Web site to come up as a result when searching for the word "Jew" on the popular search engine Google (search) was the site known as "Jew Watch." It includes subjects such as "Jewish Mind Control" and "Zionist Occupied Governments."
The site got kicked down to No. 2 this week, supplanted by an encyclopedia listing for "Jew."
Many Jewish leaders were upset, saying the site results denigrate Jews. Various Jewish groups and academics petitioned Google to have "Jew Watch" taken down a notch from the No. 1 spot.
Google said it found "Jew Watch" offensive, but had no plans to remove it. Company executives said their search-result ranking system is based on complex mathematical formulas, and that results are never manipulated by Google.
Google has posted a disclaimer on its site, saying it has nothing to do with the content and advises people to type in words like "Judaism" or "Jewish" instead of "Jew."
Although the site is considered illegal in parts of Europe, the First Amendment (search) protects the legality of "Jew Watch" here in the United States.
Click here for the complete report by Fox News' Anita Vogel.
You just never know where it's going to rear it's ugly head do you?
Blessings
Pastor George
For the past three years, the first Web site to come up as a result when searching for the word "Jew" on the popular search engine Google (search) was the site known as "Jew Watch." It includes subjects such as "Jewish Mind Control" and "Zionist Occupied Governments."
The site got kicked down to No. 2 this week, supplanted by an encyclopedia listing for "Jew."
Many Jewish leaders were upset, saying the site results denigrate Jews. Various Jewish groups and academics petitioned Google to have "Jew Watch" taken down a notch from the No. 1 spot.
Google said it found "Jew Watch" offensive, but had no plans to remove it. Company executives said their search-result ranking system is based on complex mathematical formulas, and that results are never manipulated by Google.
Google has posted a disclaimer on its site, saying it has nothing to do with the content and advises people to type in words like "Judaism" or "Jewish" instead of "Jew."
Although the site is considered illegal in parts of Europe, the First Amendment (search) protects the legality of "Jew Watch" here in the United States.
Click here for the complete report by Fox News' Anita Vogel.
You just never know where it's going to rear it's ugly head do you?
Blessings
Pastor George