Several Google Maps users have found out that whenever they use a racist search term, the app quickly takes them to the White House. Because of this, folks have quickly taken to social media to share their thoughts with the world.

Many folks are wondering if Google has become a haven for racist behavior, and whether or not the deed was done by someone inside the company or outside. So far, Google has released a public apology for the bug and promises that it will make every effort to get the problem rectified as soon as possible.

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Until then, users have to wonder what caused the issue and who did it. This is now turning out to be one of the biggest mysteries on the Internet.

"It's not a traditional hack in the sense that it's from inside Google, or that somebody has penetrated the security of Google it's that people are sort of manipulating the natural behavior of these machine learning and search indexing algorithms," according to Princeton University's Computer Department Chair, Andrew Appel in an interview.

"It's people outside Google manipulating the search as a prank, or for political purposes," says Dr. Appel, an expert in computer security and privacy. "The term for this practice of exploiting the algorithm's vulnerability is, 'Google Bomb'"

It is reportedly interesting how someone can easily manipulate Google's algorithm so quickly as this is a sign that the company's security is not good enough to handle the unexpected attacks. The only way this problem could have arisen, according to reports, is if a dedicated group of persons chose to create a vast quantity of links and point it to the desired page in order for the target to be ranked as number one on Google.

It is said that this would have taken a considerable amount of time such a group to do this, and the plan of making sure the n-word points to the White House must have been on the cards and ongoing for months.

Users can only hope Google is able to fix the issue in a timely manner, as, for the moment, it does not look good.

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