Report Alleges Google Interfered in Multiple Presidential Elections
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Google allegedly interfered in multiple presidential elections to help Democratic candidates by censoring and suppressing content critical of them. Specific elections mentioned are 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020.
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A Media Research Center report details 41 instances of alleged "election interference" by Google since 2008.
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Claims include Google suppressing pro-Clinton search results to help Obama in 2008, refusing to fix a "Google bomb" smearing Rick Santorum in 2012, and shifting votes to Hillary Clinton via search algorithm manipulation in 2016.
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The report alleges Google targeted Tulsi Gabbard's ads account when she became a top searched candidate in 2020 and suppressed news sources critical of Biden.
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Google denies the claims, saying the methodology behind them has been widely debunked and that they have safeguards in place to prevent bias.