Former President Donald Trump on Friday accused Google of “illegal conduct” by biasing its search results against him and said he would pursue criminal charges against Google “at the highest level” once he returns to office. I threatened to ask for it.
in Post on true socialthe former president claims that Google is “illegally exploiting a system that only publishes and displays bad stories about Donald J. Trump,” while at the same time “publishing only good stories about Comrade Kamala Harris.” did.
The post continued, “This is an illegal act and I hope the Department of Justice criminally prosecutes them for this blatant election interference. If not, follow our laws and let me win the election and bring the United States… When I become president, I will demand that they be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible!”
President Trump's vow to prosecute Google is likely based on the many examples of election interference that have come to light in the lead-up to the 2024 election. A very recent Media Research Center (MRC) study demonstrated that the search giant is “inflating” results in favor of Kamala Harris.
In the past, Google has filled out campaign websites for Republican candidates. Currently, the search giant is clearly inflating search results for political candidates with traditional left-leaning news stories, many of which are hostile to Republicans and neutral or favorable to Democrats. . Readers have to sift through biased news before seeing the organic results of a search, let alone a candidate's website.
On September 6, researchers at MRC Free Speech America conducted searches for “Donald Trump Presidential Election 2024” and “Kamala Harris Presidential Election 2024,” and found that each candidate's presidential campaign website was found in a Google search. Decided where to place it. Both searches showed news from left-leaning traditional news outlets like CNN and the New York Times at the top of the search results.
Former President Donald Trump's campaign website was ranked 6th in search results for “Donald Trump Election 2024.” But before readers can access Trump's website, they are given the option to click on seven articles from left-wing sources. The New York Times, Politico, and the Washington Post were listed under the “Top Stories” panel.
MRC's previous research in June found that Google padded Donald Trump's campaign site to boost it to the top of searches while Joe Biden was still in the race. It became clear that
The MRC survey, conducted just days before tonight's highly anticipated presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, sheds light on how Google displays search results for various candidates. It became clear that there was a difference. Researchers found that when a candidate's name was searched for “2024 presidential election,” President Biden's campaign website appeared as the top result, while former President Trump's website appeared as the first result. I discovered that it was not displayed on the page.
This discrepancy led to accusations of election interference. “Google is blatantly interfering in the 2024 election,” said MRC Chairman Brent Bozell. The group's findings suggest that the problem extends beyond these two candidates, and that pro-life candidates appear to be treated less favorably in search rankings.
Google also censored search results related to the assassination attempt at President Trump's July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The internet giant tried to pass off this censorship as an innocent mistake.
The main issue centered on the investigation related to the recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Breitbart News previously reported that when users typed “assassination attempt” into Google's search bar, the autocomplete feature pointed out that it did not suggest recent incidents involving Trump. Instead, it offered suggestions related to historical figures such as former President Ronald Reagan and musician Bob Marley.
In response to these allegations, a Google spokesperson provided Fortune with an explanation. The company said there were no “manual actions” taken to autocomplete predictions and that it was “working to improve” the feature. Regarding the lack of suggestions related to assassination attempts, Google said its systems had “protections against autocomplete predictions related to political violence” and were working as intended before recent events. I explained.
Breitbart News will continue to report on Google's election interference and Donald Trump's response to it.
Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News, where he covers free speech and online censorship issues.
