In California, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Microsoft because of an allegedly racist association made by a search engine. When someone performs a search for the word "monkey" in Microsoft Publisher 1998, a graphics database program, it yields several images of monkeys, along with a picture of a black couple sitting on what is labeled in the software as "monkey bars." The image also comes up when performing searches using key words such as "couples," "man," "woman," and "playground equipment."

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