Google Maps blurred out Malcolm X and MLK
Huh … I was thinking either that 1) copywritten materials (as in, street art) were blurred out or 2) there was an automatic function which just blurred out any face it came to, but couldn’t tell the difference between people and paintings.
However, I just have a quick peek around Tottenham Court Road and billboards aren’t blurred, nor is Freddie Mercury. This appears to just be a case of flat out racism.
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tequila-nites reblogged this from biblosaurus and added:
Google has an algorithm to automatically blur out faces (billboards etc have them removed) basically since these images...
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thesefewpresidents reblogged this from biblosaurus and added:
I’m gonna lean right back to it not being deliberate, it’s really not a decision that makes any sense. Maybe the face...
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I wouldn’t think it’s necessarily racism. My head leans more towards overly careful political caution. Either way it’s...
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windsdarkpoem reblogged this from name-redacted and added:
Uhm, pretty sure it’s just an accident.
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Huh … I was thinking either that 1) copywritten materials (as in, street art) were blurred out or 2) there was an...
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where-is-my-minddd said:
Maybe it’s because it’s someones artwork and they automatically want to avoid any sort of copyright problems.
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