Germany's Former First Lady Sues Google for 'Prostitute' Algorithm: Whose Side Are You On?

Well this IS the internet, this IS the place to post opinions, and I don't see a problem expressing to a small percent of the world who even saw my comment that I think, from what I've read, that a public figure half way around the world is an idiot. Excuse me for having an opinion.

There are opinions and then there's just plain spite. And the latter is all too often dispatched easily and frequently in the safe anonymity of the internet.

She IS an idiot. She's sueing Google because their auto-complete feature shows that a lot of people add the word "escort" or "prostituierte" to her name, which those people presumably do to check the validity of the claims made by someone completely else - so Google search suggests those related searches to save you time.
She should have educated herself on "the bizarre random way" Google search works (are you serious?) before filing a LAWSUIT.
She may not be a whore, but she sure as hell is an ATTENTION whore.

So now you want to add idiot to her algorithm? Why should anybody have to put up with you vicious spiteful people?

I didn't add anything. She is an idiot, and I explained why. I'm not vicious or spiteful either. She's an idiot for suing Google because she doesn't have a clue how Google search works and doesn't realize she's lashing out at the wrong target and her efforts are pointless, except if she wanted attention and/or is an idiot.
That is a fact, neither vicious nor spiteful.

You're proving your viciousness right now but you're too callous to be aware of it. Misunderstanding of how the curious algorithms of Google operate doesn't make someone an idiot. A better case can be made that Google's content is tarnished because of the legions of idiots influencing its algorithms.

I understand how she feels, I do not like google so much as a Corporation anymore.But google is not saying she is a prostitute, Google is only showing common search names associated with bettina wulff.

The fact that GERMANY has a first lady hot enough to be used as the nome deregurr by call girls is quite funny......I can't Imagine Michhelle Obama having that become an issue

These things can be removed. They ought to be.

...bad for her, I get that, but if someone was looking for that story then it's a legitimate search query - even if she was never an escort. If you cant take the heat - stay out of politics if what I say.

Fascinating debate. It would seem to me that there is a reality here and the reality is that a large number of people associate Wulff with prostitution. Google should not be blamed for a reality that they did not create.
However, they did magnify and reinforce that reality with every hit. But, overall, Google is not the responsible party and allowing this would really be a can of worms.

This is wrong, all Google is doing is reporting what is out on the web. If she wants it gone she needs to go after all the post about her being a prostitute and have them take it down. Which of course now means SoadaHead too.

I searched bettina wuff and tattoo also showed up and showed her tattoo. She should sue her tattoo artist too.
I also searched wuff and wuff wuff came up and it could mean Google thought she was a dog. She should sue google and all dogs. And all dogs who work at Google.

Concerned Dude You need to be concerned along with Fine about your critical thinking skills!

I'll Google that

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Hey, I'm suing too. Looked up "Larry Fine" and it comes up with "Stooge"! What an insult.

I get pictures of GOATSE when searching my own name. Try explaining THAT to potential employers.

Now that sounds like a malicious online stalker may have you in his sights!

Whoooah! I resemble dat remark!

I tried the search with her name and selected the third item.
There was not a single site that would justify google autocomplete to suggest that she was or is a prostitute. Google needs to be more careful who they hire to create the autocomplete database.

"There was not a single site that would justify google autocomplete to suggest that she was or is a prostitute."

That's not how it works though. Google is not a news agency; it helps you find what you are looking for.
If enough people look for "Bettina Wullf prostituierte" to specifically search for articles on that subject, Google search suggests the same term for anyone else searching for "Bettina Wulff", to save them time.
The autocomplete function simply suggest words that OTHER USERS associate with the search, and in this case, it happened to be "escort" and "prostituierte" because a lot of people were trying to find out if those rumor were true, and searched for that.
The third suggestion is "height" because apparently a lot of non-German people were also interested in her height for some reason
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See how that works? And do you see now how ridiculous and moronic it is to sue Google for showing popular search results?


"Google needs to be more careful who they hire to create the autocomplete database."

Please explain how an autocomplete function should work.

I preferred Germany over the sandbox too.

Maybe I'll get to go back in a few years.

Blondes and green grass and green forests and beer. We had it SO good !

BMO's and dust dirt are the pits.

They say that when a single man goes to Germany, he comes back with a Car, a Clock or a Kraut.

I came back with all three.

I still have the car and the clock.

LOL !!! That is funny !!! My girlfriend was the daughter of an ME-109 pilot who went on to fly for Lufthansa. He was cool. She was brainy but fun. My unit moved to a different part of DE and that was that. Had this car there and it was a gas. Bought another one this summer, decades later, only $5K. Having the best time ever driving the schnitzel out of that little go-cart.
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I bought one of these over there. Being a Senior NCO hoping to bring my family back together it was more practical for me. I still have it but it is in serious need of a paint job. Right before moving here from Texas, somebody dented the door and a few days later a Texas hailstorm pounded on it. When I am working full time again I want to knock out the dents and repaint it.

They sure are solid cars and most of the hail dents will go away on their own after a number of years of diurnal heat-cool cycles (but in the Pac NW that may take a couple decades). It's certainly worth keeping. I was in Vanc WA for a number of years.

After nine years here, most of the hail dents have gone away. This Pacific Northwest is beautiful.



One of my favorite places.

Wizard Is. and Crater Lake. Love it ! Sure is an awesome place.

And she can sue the whole world while she's at it. I know that it sucks that she had to go through all the rumor business but that's just how Google was made to be. Blame the people who typed the words in. -_____-

I understand her point... but Google would violate its policies by adjusting the algorithm. The private company (Google) has a right to display the data it collects unless it intentionally defames her. This happened by historical data - not an editorial decision.

im always on the side of the hooker!

I never met a hooker or a bookie that I didn't like. LOL! Within hours of making that statement many years ago I finally got my long-awaited transfer out of the vice squad!

lmao,in chicago or la they would have promoted you.

I like whores anyway.

Wait a minute?! Who cares?