So I was looking at the recent list of most popular Google search terms and spotted this one: "google is scared of islam". Upon looking around it seems the buzz is over the fact that Google attempts to correct certain search terms. If you type "Christianity is" then google suggests "Christianity is a lie, fake, cult, etc". The same was true for the phrases "buddhism is" "Judaism is" etc… However if you searched for "Islam is" then google did not make any suggestions.
It seems that Google reacted quickly to fix/change this and some sites are saying that Google claims it was a bug.
That said. It seems Google was behaving in exactly the manner it has been designed to behave. Google looks at the entered search string and compares it to popular related searches. Since phrases like "Christianity is a lie" are more popular than "Christianity is" google made the suggestion. It is important to note that these suggestions are based on search data, not bias. So if bias is found, it is the bias of those that conduct the searches and add to the stream of search data.
For your edification, I looked up the monthly search volume for these related phrases:
| judaism is evil | 58 |
| judaism is false | 59 |
| judaism is right | 47 |
| christianity is evil | 390 |
| christianity is fake | 1300 |
| christianity is a lie | 390 |
| islam is a cult | 260 |
| islam is a lie | 210 |
| islam is evil | 1600 |
Please note. I'm not offering an opinion about whether or not these search phrases are correct statements. I am merely illustrating the montly global broad search volume as indicated by Google.
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