Only in America: Trump slams Google for “rigging” search results against him – ignores fact that news about him is just bad
The US President made the accusation on Twitter the day after Fox News aired a clip citing statistics from conservative blogging platform PJ Media that it claimed show that Google is “censoring” Republican politicians.
[“Google search results for ‘Trump News’ shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal?”]
“96% results on ‘Trump News’ are from National Left-Wing Media, very dangerous. Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed!” Trump tweeted.
Google of course has denied the allegations and says its results aren’t politically biased.
But it’s no wonder that the President doesn’t like the headlines – a quick scroll brings up the negative political response to the new US trade deal with Mexico; Trump’s rejection of a plan to commemorate Senator John McCain and even a story questioning whether the President will be impeached after the recent convictions of former staff.
But his reaction could have big repercussions for free speech online – the White House has now backed Trump, saying it’s looking at regulating Google’s search results.
America – yet again, proving why it’s not the land of the free.
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