Type the words “nigga house” into Google Maps, or the more explicit version of that phrase, and the mapping service will direct you straight to the White House on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
One Twitter user noticed the glitch in the system and posted a screen grab of it on social media Tuesday.
(Photo: Google Maps screen grab)
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“The screenshot first appeared from a fellow Howard University alum in our alumni GroupMe. I tested it out myself, and it started to spread rapidly in the other Howard University/DMV area GroupMe,” Buckhalter said when asked by HuffPost.
“It is location based, so [for] some of the students that are not currently in D.C., the search result was different. However, even if you’re not in D.C., ‘nigga house Washington D.C.’ shows the same result.”
When asked for comment, a Google spokesperson told The Daily Caller, “Some inappropriate results are surfacing in Google Maps that should not be, and we apologize for any offense this may have caused. Our teams are working to fix this issue quickly.”