State attorney general alleges without providing evidence that Google is manipulating search results, as tech firm says claim ‘totally false’
Missouri’s Republican attorney general has said he is launching an investigation into Google over allegations it was censoring conservative speech, as the tech corporation dismissed the claims as “totally false”.
“I am launching an investigation into Google for censoring conservative speech during the most consequential election in our nation’s history,” Andrew Bailey said in a post on X, without citing any example or evidence for his censorship claim.
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Republicans have long claimed an anti-conservative bias on social media platforms with tech companies denying this.
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, said last month he would seek the prosecution of Google if he won the election. Trump and his supporters have alleged without evidence that Google searches display only “bad stories” about the former US president.
I’m guessing he’s “investigating” it the same way Mike Lindell “investigated” election fraud.
Edit: Also, what’s going on here, Republicans? I thought corporations were people and could do whatever they wanted.
He’s “investigating” in the same way bigots do when they say they “did their own research”.
No, he’s “investigating” in the “It’s an election year and I need a fearmongering tactic to scare the GOP voters into giving us more power over imagined issues” way.
Don’t even know why they complain when fucking YouTube put so many down the conservative/fascist rabbit hole with their algorithm. Guess they always have to be victims.
Give us more attention and undue praise. -bitch-ass fascists
Meanwhile leftists and Muslims are getting censored on Facebook, Instagram, and X. Where are the media and the Democrats on that?
Maybe Democrats realize that the First Amendment doesn’t apply to privately-owned corporations. In fact, maybe we shouldn’t use privately-owned corporations’ idea of a communications medium at all.
Not saying it is a First Amendment violation, but censoring one group of people in social media the size of Instagram should be investigated.
Investigated for what? That’s not illegal whoever they censor.
Investigated for having a monopoly? Probably.
Can someone tell this guy that enshittification doesn’t care if you’re a conservative or liberal and that Google sucks for everyone now?
