Google Apologizes For Altered Picture Of Lawmaker In Search Results

Google has apologized to a Guilford County lawmaker after prominently displaying an altered picture of her.

A search for Trudy Wade turned up an old photo with the word “bigot” superimposed over the it.

A tweet from Google said images that appear in its Knowledge Panel are either selected by verified users or are automatically sourced from sites across the internet.

Earlier in the week, Google blamed Wikipedia for search results that said the ideology of the California Republican Party included "Nazism." Those results were seen in a Google information box screen-captured by Vice News on Thursday.

Vice also reported on the photo of Wade, a Republican State Senator representing District 27.

The photo of Wade was taken down on Friday.