By the CNN Wire Staff
May 18, 2011 11:58 a.m. EDT | Filed under: Web
Google's suggested searches offer search terms similar to the one the user appears to be typing in.
Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- An Argentine court this week granted an injunction that blocks Internet giant Google from "suggesting" searches that lead to certain sites that have been deemed anti-Semitic, and removes the sites from the search engine's index.
The injunction, filed by DAIA, an umbrella organization of Argentina's Jewish community, also prohibits Google from advertising on the stated websites.
The injunction names 76 websites that the organization considers "highly discriminatory."
Google's suggested searches are a Google algorithm that offer search terms similar to the one the user appears to be typing in.
"The common denominator on these sites is the incitement of hate and the call to violence," DAIA said in a statement. "In none of these cases are there discussions or criticisms from the academic, technological, political or philosophical perspectives."
Google representatives in the United States and Argentina did not immediately respond to calls for comment.
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