Google Apologises To Indian PM After Putting Him in “10 Top Criminals” Search

The list also included 1993 Mumbai
bombings mastermind Dawood Ibrahim,
and American gangster Al Capone.
According to reports, Google on
Wednesday apologized to Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi after his image
began appearing in image search results
for the query “top 10 criminals in India.”
The list also included 1993 Mumbai
bombings mastermind Dawood Ibrahim ,
American gangster Al Capone , Microsoft
founder Bill Gates and Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal .
Google issued a statement of apology for
“any misunderstanding or confusion”,
after many political leaders and
commentators began expressing concern.
The search giant said: “These results
trouble us and are not reflective of the
opinions of Google. Sometimes, the way
images are described on the internet can
yield surprising results to specific
queries.”
Sources say Google explained that the
search query results were due to a
British daily publishing an image of
Modi with erroneous metadata.