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Racial epithet attached to White House Google Maps search

Malicious racist pranksters have outwitted the Google algorithms to include an offensive racial epithet when typing in "N--- house" in Google Maps search.
The White House gate.

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Malicious racist pranksters have outwitted the Google algorithms to include an offensive racial epithet when typing in "N--- house" in Google Maps search.

The search takes the user to the map of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, The White House, where President Barack Obama still resides.

The story was originally posted on The Huffington Post Tuesday afternoon.

Twitter users found the offensive map and posted their screenshots.

According to HuffPo, this isn't the first time Google Maps has been manipulated by pranksters. False listings for the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the U.S. Secret Service have evaded Google's eyes and algorithms.

HuffPo cited a Search Engine Land story that explained how savvy search engine manipulators have exploited loopholes in Google Maps.

According to Search Engine Land, Brian Seely was able to bypass Google Maps oversight to put noted whistleblower Edward Snowden's location as "Edwards Snow Den" located within the White House.

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