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EARTHDATE: March 11, 2018

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REAL LIFE NEWS: BURGUNDY NOT FOR SALE ON GOOGLE THANKS TO OVER-ZEALOUS FILTER

by Hazed

In the wake of the appalling school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Google Shopping cracked down on search queries that included the word ‘gun’. Unfortunately this had unexpected effects.

Computers being dumb things that do exactly what they are told, the filters blocked access to much more than intended.

All kinds of guns were considered off limits, including water guns, nerf guns and glue guns.

Shoppers interested in music by American rock band Guns n’ Roses were out of luck, as were those wanting merchandise related to Arsenal Football Club’s dinosaur mascot, which is called Gunnersaurus.

Most serious of all – wine lovers could no longer search for Burgundy. Shocking!

Note: the problem has been fixed now so wine lovers can get their fix via Google.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/27/wine-lovers-cannot-buy-burgundy-tipple-google-internet-giant/

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