Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Baidu facing Lawsuit after displaying Gay Conversion Search Results


Well-known Web Design in Cambodia, Digital Marketing Agency, Baidu known as Web services company based in Beijing is now sued following its search result display from a clinic that falsely claimed it could make gay men heterosexual.

According to MarketWatch, the clinic was the first result displayed by Baidu after Zhen searched for “gay treatment,” but the clinic did not have a legitimate psychiatry license and administered electroshock treatment as part of its conversion therapy.

The MarketWatch story says Baidu doesn’t differentiate between paid and organic search results, unlike other search engines like Google.

Baidu rep writes: “This is simply not true. Baidu very clearly distinguishes between paid and organic results: Paid results are either in the right-hand column or at the top of the page marked by the word 推广 [sponsored links] or with a color undertone.”


Baidu facing Lawsuit after displaying Gay Conversion Search Results

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