Kannada as reply to a question in Google on ugliest language in India sparked an outrage on
Thursday and the Karnataka authorities mentioned it will subject a authorized discover to the tech chief, whereas that reply gave the impression to be a gaffe.
With folks expressing their indignation and leaders chopping throughout celebration strains slamming Google, it rapidly eliminated Kannada “as the ugliest language in India” and apologised to the folks saying the search consequence didn’t replicate its opinion.
Karnataka Minister for Kannada, Culture and Forest, Aravind Limbavali advised reporters {that a} authorized discover could be served to Google for exhibiting such a solution to that query.
Later, he took to Twitter to specific his outrage and demanded an apology from Google to Kannada and Kannadigas.
Kannada language has a historical past of its personal, having come into existence as many as 2,500 years in the past, the minister mentioned and added that the language has been the pleasure of Kannadigas by way of the ages.
Showing Kannada in poor mild “…is merely an attempt by Google to insult this pride of Kannadigas. I demand an apology from @Google ASAP to Kannada, Kannadigas. Legal action will be taken against Google for maligning the image of our beautiful language!” Limbavali tweeted.
When contacted, a Google spokesperson mentioned, “search isn’t always perfect. Sometimes, the way content is described on the Internet can yield surprising results to specific queries.”
“We know this is not ideal, but we take swift corrective action when we are made aware of an issue and are continually working to improve our algorithms. Naturally, these are not reflective of the opinions of Google, and we apologise for the misunderstanding and hurting any sentiments.”
Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy denounced Google in a collection of tweets for the outrageous reply to the language query. He sought to know why Google “behaves in an irresponsible manner” by way of language. Others together with the BJP’s Bengaluru Central MP, P C Mohan slammed Google and requested it to apologise.
Sharing the screenshot of the search on his Twitter deal with, Mohan mentioned Karnataka is dwelling to the good
Vijayanagara empire and the Kannada language has a wealthy heritage, an excellent legacy and a novel tradition.
“One of the worlds oldest languages, Kannada had great scholars who wrote epics much before Geoffrey Chaucer was born in the 14th century. Apologise @GoogleIndia.”
