Former President Donald Trump has vowed that his administration will seek to prosecute Google if he wins in November, claiming the company's search engine only promotes “bad stories” about him.
The move comes after a damning investigation found that a major tech company embedded search results from its own campaign website beneath Democratic rival Kamala Harris' official website, spewing articles favorable to the vice president. , President Trump made the threat on his “Truth Social” account on Friday.
“Google is illegally using a system that only publishes and displays bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some of which are fabricated for this purpose, while at the same time showing only good stories about Comrade Kamala Harris. “It turns out that the system of making it public was illegally used,” the Republican said. written by a presidential candidate.
“This is illegal and we hope the Department of Justice will criminally prosecute them for this blatant election interference.”
If Justice Department officials under the second Trump administration refuse to bring charges against the company, he said, “If I win the election and become president of the United States, I will demand their prosecution at the highest level!” I concluded.
The Post has reached out to Google for comment.
President Trump's ire follows a study by the Media Research Center that analyzed search results for two separate Google queries: “Donald Trump Election 2024” and “Kamala Harris Election 2024.”
A search of Harris' campaign conducted by MRC Free Speech America researchers on September 6 found support primarily from left-leaning media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Politico. A third result was found under the article about Democratic candidates. Harris.
The same query for Trump appeared in sixth place on the first search results page, below critical content about the Republican Party from the same news outlets. There were no results from conservative publications such as the New York Post.
“Google is stacking the deck in favor of Kamala Harris,'' said Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center. he told FOX News Digital.
“Google's search engine pushes out left-wing media articles supporting Kamala Harris and denouncing Donald Trump. Don't trust Google Search.”
A Google spokesperson denied MRC's claims.
“Both campaign websites consistently rank high in search results for common, relevant search queries,” a company spokesperson told reporters.
“This report examines a single rare search term on a single day a few weeks ago for which both candidates’ websites ranked among the top results on Google.”
Google was criticized last month for allegedly distorting search results about Trump's candidacy and omitting the former president's assassination attempt from its autocorrect feature.
