Google clarifies stories related to Pakistan flag search

SRINAGAR, (PTK):  With tensions rising between India and Pakistan following the Pulwama attack, Google’s image search was found to be compromised.

According to users, searching for the “best toilet paper in the world,” the Google UI supposedly showed results linking to the national flag.

This comes after a deadly incident where at least 44 CRPF men were killed in a car bomb attack on a security convoy in Pulwama area of South Kashmir.

A Google spokesperson while responding to queries related to the spokesperson stated, “While we continue to investigate the matter, we have not found any evidence that Google Images was ranking the Pakistani flag in response to this particular search.”

“Many news outlets wrote about an old screenshot from a meme website that is inconsistent with our UI and dates back to 2017, and we have not seen any independent verification that these results ever appeared as depicted”. (PTK)