Google makes a mistake and points Lula as president of the New Party in searches

Anyone who carried out a search for the term “President of the New Party” on Google this Sunday (11) had an unpleasant surprise. Instead of finding the image and information of Eduardo Ribeiro, current president of the party, the most prominent result was the photo and information of the President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the Workers Party (PT). Similar questions led to the same highlight of answer suggestions. This platform mistake was promptly noticed by users and generated repercussions on social networks.

The association of Lula’s figure with the command of the New Party, which is explicitly opposed to the PT, aroused curiosity. In addition, other politicians with no connection to the New Party, but who oppose Lula, such as former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) and former deputy Deltan Dallagnol (Podemos- PR), were also suggested as related searches. It is suspected that Google associated Lula’s name not with the president of the New Party, but with the idea of ​​a “new president of Brazil”.