Back in 2009, when Safiya Noble conducted a Google search using keywords "black girls," "latina girls," and "asian girls," the first page of results were invariably linked to pornography.

In her book, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, Noble delves into the ways search engines misrepresent a variety of people, concepts, types of information and knowledge. Her aim: to get people thinking and talking about the prominent role technology plays in shaping our lives and our future.

This video explores her journey into researching this topic and what it means to us.