throwaway5825

Google "Beethoven," and look at the photo (in the US, anyway) it highlights: rather than the most famous portrait of him, that we know was done when he was alive and for which he actually sat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven#/media/Fi...

it highlights this one, of dubious authenticity (it's not even clear Beethoven actually sat for it): https://www.beethoven.de/en/media/view/6367856916692992/Ludw...

The fact that the algorithm is going out of its way to emphasize a previously much less well known image of the composer, and one where he appears noticeably darker is extremely suspicious. My guess is it has something to do with the "Beethoven was black" business, or maybe Google just localizes image results based on the demographics of the country the person is searching from? Either way, it's ridiculous.