Top internet search engine Google has been contacted by lawyers representing Arsenal and England defender Ashley Cole to explain why their search results display a suggestion for results for “Ashley Cole gay” when the player’s name is searched for. Cole’s lawyers want a categoric answer from the technology giants as to whether this is a computer generated suggestion or a manually input editorial decision on Google’s part.

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Google have previously explained that their search results are based solely on computer algorithms and have no human element to them but in light of Ashley Cole’s recently publicised legal action against the News of the World newspaper amid lurid allegations concerning his private life, this latest internet anomoly could wind up being a very costly problem for Google.

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