If Trump Regains Power, He Affirms Intention to Prosecute Google
In the realm of social media, former president Donald Trump took to his platform, Truth Social, on a typical Friday, unleashing a series of explosive tweets. This time, his target was Google, accusing the tech giant of illegally biasing its news coverage against him while favoring Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump, a controversial figure who's no stranger to controversy, claimed that Google was only displaying negative news stories about him, while showing positive stories about his political rival. The former president's frustration seemed palpable, particularly given his less-than-impressive poll numbers.
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"It has been determined that Google has illegally used a system of only revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some made up for this purpose while, at the same time, only revealing good stories about Comrade Kamala Harris," read one of Trump's tweets.
suing over Google’s alleged ad tech monopoly.
The president went on to label this alleged bias as "illegal activity" and called for the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute Google for election interference. If the Justice Department failed to act, Trump promised to take matters into his own hands if he were to regain the presidency.
Mark Zuckerberg, who has recently tried to distance himself from anything associated with Democratic causes. In fact, Zuckerberg has reportedly had at least two phone calls with Trump in recent months, according to the
Interestingly, despite Trump's serious allegations, Google and the U.S. Department of Justice were embroiled in a different court battle at the time. The DOJ was suing Google over an alleged ad tech monopoly, a far cry from the "election interference" Trump was referring to.
New York Times, and described Trump as “badass” after the first attempted assassination against the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania this past July.
The source of Trump's suspicions isn't entirely clear. However, given the president's constant television consumption and penchant for sharing his thoughts on Truth Social, it's reasonable to assume he picked up some of his views from conservative news outlets, like Fox News.
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This isn't the first time Trump has accused Google of manipulating its search results against him. In 2018, during his time as the U.S. president, Trump claimed the company's search results were "rigged" to show negative news about him.
false claims about any number of topics. The former president attempted a coup at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th that failed to overturn the election results, and Trump has been stewing ever since, lashing out at perceived enemies and writing bizarre all-caps tweets late into the night.
In a move that further highlights the unpredictable nature of the tech and political landscapes, even adversaries like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have found themselves in Trump's crosshairs. The former president has threatened to jail Zuckerberg over perceived political biases, despite the fact that the two have reportedly had phone conversations recently.
released Thursday. And she’s up 7 points in Nevada, 5 points in Pennsylvania, and 2 points in North Carolina. Georgia, another swing state, is where the two candidates are polling dead even, though other polls show Harris doing much better there. However, Harris supporters are rightly nervous about what could happen when voters actually go to the polls in November, especially after it looked like Hillary Clinton was doing very well in polling back in 2016 before losing the Electoral College vote.
As the 2024 presidential election looms, Trump's unfounded allegations against Google and other tech giants demonstrate his increasingly tenuous grip on reality. The former president has made a habit of spreading conspiracy theories and false claims, from asserting that the crowd at Kamala Harris's rally was generated by AI to blaming Haitian migrants for stealing a cat.
Trump's accusations against Google might serve two purposes: first, to distract from his own poor poll numbers, and second, to sow doubt and mistrust in the tech industry among his supporters. Harris, however, seems to be faring well in the polls, especially in critical battleground states.
Google, for their part, responded to Trump's claims by stating that both the Republican and Democratic candidates consistently appeared at the top of their search results for relevant queries. Despite Trump's assertion that his own site was not appearing, Google's rebuttal seems to provide a different perspective on the issue.
- Trump's accusations against Google extended beyond his Truth Social platform, as he also mentioned the tech giant during a recent interview with a conservative news outlet.
- In response to the DOJ's lawsuit against Google over an alleged ad tech monopoly, Trump suggested that the tech giant was engaging in 'illegal activity' related to election interference.
- Despite Google's denial of Trump's claims of biased news coverage, the former president has expressed interest in using technology to render his own broadcasts more appealing to his followers, aiming to surpass the average viewership of 24,256,062.
- In a surprising turn of events, a group of tech enthusiasts plans to launch a new platform that uses AI to create a more balanced and unbiased news feed, aiming to address concerns raised by Trump and other critics of tech giants' news coverage.
