Google’s up to its old tricks…
According to a Fox Business report, Google’s autocomplete search results will not recognize when a user is searching for information on the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
From Fox Business:
Instead, the website autocomplete feature omitted the results of the July 13 shooting, drawing criticism from social media users who accused the Big Tech giant of trying to influence the presidential election.
Screenshots from Google instead showed recommended search results of the failed assassination of Ronald Reagan and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, whose death sparked World War I, the shooting of Bob Marley and the failed attempt on former President Ford.
Even the keywords “Trump assassination attempt” yielded no additional terms from Google, according to users.
A Google spokesperson told FOX Business that there was no “manual action taken on these predictions.”
“Our systems have protections against Autocomplete predictions associated with political violence, which were working as intended prior to this horrific event occurring,” the spokesperson wrote. “We’re working on improvements to ensure our systems are more up to date.”
The company spokesperson said the autocomplete feature is “just a tool to help people save time” and they can still search for anything they want.
“Following this terrible act, people turned to Google to find high-quality information – we connected them with helpful results, and will continue to do so,” the company said.
“Big Tech is trying to interfere in the election AGAIN to help Kamala Harris,” Donald Trump Jr. wrote on X. “We all know this is intentional election interference from Google. Truly despicable.”
Big Tech is trying to interfere in the election AGAIN to help Kamala Harris. We all know this is intentional election interference from Google. Truly despicable. https://t.co/gWDbFGaHI7
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 28, 2024
More over at Fox Business:
‘TRULY DESPICABLE’: Users searching for the assassination attempt found results for other historical figures, sparking critics accuse the tech giant of election interference. Google's response to the accusation: https://t.co/QmDV1ZSuFt pic.twitter.com/nxml32BAcm
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) July 29, 2024
