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Google has ‘interfered’ with elections 41 times over the last 16 years, Media Research Center says

‘No organization has more control over information than Google,’ Brent Bozell told Fox News Digital

Google has "interfered" with major elections in the United States 41 times over the last 16 years, according to a new study from the Media Research Center.  

"MRC researchers have found 41 times where Google interfered in elections over the last 16 years, and its impact has surged dramatically, making it evermore harmful to democracy. In every case, Google harmed the candidates – regardless of party – who threatened its left-wing candidate of choice," MRC Free Speech America vice president Dan Schneider and editor Gabriela Pariseau wrote in a summary of their findings. 

https://www.foxnews.com/media/google-int...enter-says

Private businesses are allowed to promote candidates if they feel like it.

This is not even in the same realm as "promoting a candidate". They are suppressing search results to hinder peoples ability to make informed decisions. That is not promoting, it is meddling in an election.

These guys man... they turn a blind eye to anything that seems too powerful to change. Weak.

(03-18-2024, 06:05 PM)MyBloodIsTeal Wrote: [ -> ]This is not even in the same realm as "promoting a candidate".  They are suppressing search results to hinder peoples ability to make informed decisions.  That is not promoting, it is meddling in an election.

Google is not a public utility.
However,
If you bought an ad with them and found out they were demoting your stuff, you could win HUGE in a court case if you had proof.  That would be textbook fraud.  That's regardless of if you're a business or a charity or a political candidate.

If you tried to buy an ad with Google and they said, "no, we aren't going to promote that idea or candidate even if you pay us", you could take the letter they sent you over to any news organization and create a PR problem for Google.

There are laws against telling a customer you're doing one thing and doing another. There are not laws against promoting and demoting certain websites in general though.

Justice Jackson ripped for worrying about the First Amendment 'hamstringing' government: 'Literally the point'
Supreme Court heard arguments challenging the Biden administration's collaboration with Big Tech
Social media users were shocked and slightly bemused at Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s comments on the First Amendment Monday.

The Supreme Court heard Murthy v. Missouri, a case challenging the Biden administration’s alleged coordination with Big Tech to censor certain messages.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/justice-ja...ally-point