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Search engine giant Google on Thursday faced severe criticism due to its search results. On searching “India’s worst language”, Google showed Kannada in the result. After the outrage emanating from this search result, apologized for hurting sentiments. This result showed as the answer to the question ‘India’s most ugly language’. It soon went viral and reactions started pouring in on Google for doing so.
On this, the Karnataka government has threatened to issue a legal notice to Google. However, when people expressed their outrage and political leaders criticized Google across party lines, it removed Kannada as “India’s worst language” and apologized to people saying that the search results were his opinion. does not represent.
Karnataka’s Minister of Kannada, Culture and Forests, Arvind Limbavali, told reporters that Google would be given a legal notice for showing such an answer to that question. Later, he took to Twitter to express his displeasure and demanded an apology from Google and Kannada from Kannada. He said that Kannada language has a history of its own, which came into existence about 2,500 years ago. The minister said that the language has been the pride of Kannada people for centuries.
Limbavali tweeted, “I demand an apology from @Google ASAP to Kannada, Kannada. Legal action will be taken against Google for maligning the image of our beautiful language.
Kannada language has a history of its own, having come into existence as many as 2,500 years ago! It has been the pride of Kannadigas all through these two-and-a-half millennia. 1/2#Kannada
– Aravind Limbavali (@ArvindLBJP) June 3, 2021
Google apologizes for this mistake
In its statement, Google said that search results are not always accurate. The company said, “Sometimes, the way content is described on the Internet can give strange results for specific questions. We know this is not ideal, but when we are aware of an issue and are constantly working to improve our algorithms, we take corrective action rapidly.”
Google said that the search results do not reflect its opinion. The company also said, “We apologize for the misunderstanding and any feelings that may be hurt.”
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