[INIT_6]

This is horrible. mugshots.com is a fake website. It creates fake profiles based on queries it gets. So you enter in: First Name Last Name Drug. It will put a fake picture most likely based on last name. Meaning Ramirez isn't going to pull up a white dude. Gender is based on first name. drug or crime creates the context. It then creates several pages based on this. Then it relies on the person doing the search to apply bias. Throwing out information to make it fit your preconceived notion.

This is extremely dangerous and unbecoming of a doctor. What if the lady really had no idea. What if her son swapped out the sugar with cocaine in a panic and she OD on it.

Bottom line don't trust everything you read on the internet.

[aestra]

What's your source for this claim? I've read a little about the mugshot industry (yes, it is an industry) and how it works and I never read they were posting fake arrests/mugshots.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/business/mugged-by-a-mug-s...

This article and every one I have read has no mention about fake profiles, just scraping real arrests.

>Meaning Ramirez isn't going to pull up a white dude.

I randomly searched for Ramirez and got a white dude

http://mugshots.com/US-Counties/Texas/Comal-County-TX/Bobby-...

EDIT: I just tried to "create" several fake arrest records, and I was unable to, with many tries. I used last names from real arrests I knew (and verified) were in the database with first names that weren't.

[INIT_6]

Sorry, didn't check back to see if anyone replied to me until today. Source, My self. Unfortunately I don't think I can recreate my proof.

Around July 2013 the company I work for was looking for a new front desk person to handle payroll/AP/answer phones. Well the main boss was googling the top 4 people. One popped up as a criminal like 4 or 5 links down on google. He went around poking fun of her and her arrest recorded. At first I laughed. The next day I was thinking how did he get this info. I asked him and he said a simple google search.

I did the same search sure enough there she was. (mind you we have no idea how she is spouse to look) He dismissed her based on this alone. What really sucks. Something seemed off so I looked into. I was able to get the exact same picture to show up on several names and several charges. Started playing around with it and got pretty good at predicting the results. I know for 100% fact it was dynamically creating pages. I got pretty bored fairly quick. So I didn't note anything down as its not my main interest.

Why I think I can't recreate what I was seeing. It seems they have been getting in a lot of trouble as of late.

General article talking about it: http://www.project-disco.org/competition/101113-mugshot-mess...

Why Google should change search Algorithm: http://searchengineland.com/opinion-why-google-should-crack-...

Google changes search algorithm: http://www.seroundtable.com/google-mugshot-algorithm-17526.h...

Some articles talking about the ohio case: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/business/mugged-by-a-mug-s...

Its a removal service but links to all the sites: I'm sure one of them is the one I was talking about. If you want to spend time i'm sure you can reverse some of the sites algorithms and find something similar to what I was talking about. http://www.internetreputation.com/information/delete-your-mu...

and 19hours ago they WON! YAY!: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/01/07/Plaintiffs-win-set...

I realize am just some random dude on the Internet so I understand you can't just take my word for it, but there it is. Hopefully, its enough information to make you think I am not some kind of lair ;)

[pavel_lishin]

Wouldn't the doctor see that the mug shot doesn't look like their patient?

It also didn't match anything for me or a friend's name.

[jonlucc]

The article mentions that the result was a cocaine possession charge from when the patient was younger. I know I'm pretty terrible at matching child photos with their adult counterparts.