21st Century Wire says…
As we reported earlier this week, the disturbing trend of “third party digital vandalism” has seen Google Maps being overrun with a number of racist and otherwise unpleasant pranks.
After further research by The Switch, other examples have since turned up – more evidence of America’s declining culture perpetrated by those who seek to ruin the internet…
(Image from Google Maps)
If you search for the N-word on Google Maps, you get the White House.
You also get Howard University, a historically black institution, and the Capitol building.
Discovered by users, these are the latest in a string of racist search results involving a highly charged slur for African-Americans. If you start off with Google Maps zoomed into Washington, D.C., searches for “f*** n******” points you to the U.S. Capitol.
Meanwhile, recent Howard grad Bomani X said Wednesday that searches for “n***** university” on Google Maps redirects to Howard.
Howard University shows up as ‘N***er University’ on Google Maps http://t.co/cLyoaPMBJN
— Bomani X (@AceBoonCoon) May 20, 2015
The N-word isn’t the only epithet that produces Google results. A reader pointed out to us that “c**n house” will redirect to the White House, as well.
This all began on Tuesday, when readers noticed that searching for “n***** king” led to the White House — an apparent insult against President Obama.
(…) The errors are likely the result of other users submitting changes to Google Maps…
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