Google’s autocomplete function is actively suppressing search suggestions related to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, making it difficult for users to find the latest information about the shooting. However, despite criticism from prominent voices including Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr., Google is denying taking any “manual action” to create this problem, instead saying that search engine algorithms are working as intended.
Valuetainment can independently verify that, as of this writing, entering “assassination attempt on” into the Google search bar will produce no Trump-related prompts, and expanding the search to say “assassination attempt on Donald Trump” will return no prompt whatsoever.
Autocomplete will, however, provide a full suite of prompts for the assassination attempts on former presidents John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Theodore Roosevelt.
“There was no manual action taken on these predictions,” a Google spokesperson said in response to online outcry over these findings. “Our systems have protections against Autocomplete predictions associated with political violence, which were working as intended prior to this horrific event occurring.”
“Autocomplete is just a tool to help people save time, and they can still search for anything they want to.”
“Big Tech is trying to interfere in the election AGAIN to help Kamala Harris,” Trump Jr. wrote on social media. “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
On Monday, reports also began to emerge suggesting that Meta Platforms has begun flagging the iconic photo of Trump’s post-shooting fist pump as “misinformation,” seemingly linked to the recent crop of debunked conspiracy theories insisting that the former president was never actually hit by a bullet.
BREAKING: Facebook is now censoring the iconic image of Trump's defiant fist
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 29, 2024
It's now flagged as MISINFORMATION pic.twitter.com/ePUl5kuMw6
Amazing to watch Google and mainstream media lie about Trumps assassination attempt. In the headlines, media, and Google searches. They’re scrubbing the truth from the internet and rewriting history. Scary times America. Like share follow patriots #TrumpAssasinationAttempt… pic.twitter.com/U39uOSTe7H
— TheDaddyTwins (@TheDaddyTwins) July 28, 2024
