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Google Shopping Cracks Down on Gun-Related Products... Such as BurGUNdy Wine

posted by martyb on Friday March 02 2018, @07:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the under-the-gun-to-do-something dept.

takyon writes:

Google has banned items containing the string "gun" in the name on its e-commerce search platform, accidentally targeting many innocuous items:

Google Shopping, which allows users to compare product prices from thousands of online retailers, has removed all 'gun' search results - even if the product is not gun-related.

Online shoppers have complained about being unable to browse dozens of products such as Burgundy wine, water guns and music by American rock band Guns N' Roses. Searches for products including nail guns, glue guns and Arsenal Football Club's Gunnersaurus dinosaur mascot also returns the message: "Your search did not match any shopping results."

Google has banned weapons listings since 2012, however online shoppers have highlighted certain product unavailability since the Florida school shooting on Valentine's Day which left 17 dead.

The block could be circumvented using alternate terms such as "handgnu" or "fully automatic firearm".

Also at Engadget.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by LoRdTAW on Friday March 02 2018, @09:17PM (2 children)

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Friday March 02 2018, @09:17PM (#646639) Journal

    I think you need to stop focusing on the jews and look elsewhere for the source of that jackboot pressing on the windpipe of your dreams. Hint, hint: it's all in your head.

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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Friday March 02 2018, @09:51PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday March 02 2018, @09:51PM (#646652)

    Well, in his case, based on the name, I'm assuming it's all in his bloodstream, while his liver is desperately trying to filter it away.

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    The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.

  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday March 03 2018, @12:22AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday March 03 2018, @12:22AM (#646725) Homepage

    There is a good reason for the recent focus on the Jews. In recent politics, from Weinstein to other media, Jews have been overrepresented for unflattering reasons this time -- although the news doesn't explicitly say it, look at the last names of the people involved and make your own determination.

    The reason why this is on-topic is because Google and Facebook are both run by Jews, and both are committing increasingly brazen (not to mention desperate) censorship of the third kind, which is the most obvious kind.

    However, the Mexicans have been pissing me off a lot lately, so they may have their turn again soon. The Blacks and Asians have been very kind to me for a long while.