Source: Carl Franzen / Politics Daily
Google Trends is a powerful tool that many media companies rely upon for a sense of what new topics people are searching for at any given time — at least, when it’s not getting hacked with racial slurs, which is exactly what happened early this morning.
At around 9 a.m. Eastern, instead of the normal list of the hottest new search terms of the hour, visitors to the Google Trends website were greeted with the phrase “lol n——”.
In addition, the following list of 19 search terms was also utterly random and nonsensical, including such generic items as “pet stores,” “dentists,” “gift shops,” “gyms,” “dry cleaning,” “malls,” and, of course, “fried chicken.” The terms are almost always far more specific, listing famous or newsworthy topics and celebrities’ names.
Although Google was quick to remove the offensive first phrase, the other seemingly random ones remained over the course of the hour. Meanwhile, the “Hot Topics,” section of the website was seemingly unaffected, showing more relevant items such as “Vuvuzela.”
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