Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed Google, claiming in an X post the search giant is “controlled by far left activists,” highlighting its bias towards former President Donald Trump.
Musk reshared a post showing results from “Trump’s latest podcast” from the search, which all came back negative.
Google is controlled by far left activists https://t.co/8erORKVGR1
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 10, 2024
The search was based on Andrew Schulz’s podcast, in which his supporters argued that Trump is the “funniest president in American history,”
Other users complained after they conducted the same search to see what results would come up.
Many are calling the search results propaganda, accusing Google of trying to sway the 2024 presidential election.
This is what we mean when we say "elections are rigged."
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 10, 2024
The media, Big Tech and Hollywood are all rigging the game against a single candidate.
And we still hover around 50/50.
The modern Democratic party wouldn't exist if the playing field were level.
Previously, Musk called out Google for censorship after the first assassination attempt on Trump.
In a video he posted, someone types in ” Donald Trump, ” and all of the search results display information on Vice President Kamala Harris.
However, the only information on Trump was that he was the 45th president of the U.S.
Wow, this is crazy! https://t.co/8WW942IB8a
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 29, 2024
Other users who searched for information on Trump’s first assassination attempt said the result suggested there was no such attempt on his life.
In July, Google posted a statement on X explaining what happened with its Autocomplete feature and what the company was doing to fix the issue.
The search giant claimed the “glitch” was not intentional.
Over the past few days, some people on X have posted claims that Search is “censoring” or “banning” particular terms. That’s not happening, and we want to set the record straight.
— News from Google (@NewsFromGoogle) July 30, 2024
The posts relate to our Autocomplete feature, which predicts queries to save you time. Autocomplete…
“The attorney said the bugs were fixed after they were brought to Google’s attention,” National Review reported.
The response followed a letter sent by Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai highlighting the issues.
The integrity of Google and other tech giants has come under the spotlight heading into the 2024 election.
Senior Policy Analyst of Democracy and Elections at the Center for Democracy and Technology, Tim Haper, told PolitiFact that purposefully filtering information to make one political candidate look better could result in “political blowback.”
