Google accused of election interference for omitting Trump assassination attempt from autocomplete. Is this election interference?

[ManInChains]

Google accused of election interference for omitting Trump assassination attempt from autocomplete -
Google issued a statement and said that its autocomplete system is calibrated to remove suggestions "associated with political violence." - thepostmillennial.com/.../

Google isn’t just trying to memory hole the ass*ss*nation attempt, they’re ALSO suppressing search results for simply searching President Donald Trump. No results come up and autofill. - x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1817776064250486924?s=46

Yes, this is election interference

No, this is not election interference

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Wow, Google has a search ban on President Donald Trump!

Election interference? - Elon Musk on X - x.com/elonmusk/status/1817765530255659127?s=46

[MisterWack]

Well here is the thing, the Trump assassination happened and passed. I’m sure on YouTube (which is owned by Google) you can find countless of videos covering the topic and showcasing videos so… No. No, it is not election interference.

If all videos magically disappeared and were being covered up then yes though that is not the case.

[RavVid]

Hmmh. When I try googling "assassination attempt of", in Australia, there are 10 auto suggests. The last one is... on Donald Trump. Oddly the top 9 are... of...

President Donald Trump gets a long list.

If there are different results in different countries it is highly concerning. Any shaping of search results is unacceptable in my view

[Guacamole409]

I've searched for things on YouTube that I knew existed, but I couldn't find them. So I used DuckDuckGo and found what I was looking for.

[Dongie]

Are they still based in America. If so go and arrest the CEO. I can't wait for that dude to get back in office and start tearing down all these fuckin' liberal institutions of stinking biased left-wing propaganda.

[OddBeMe]

Hard to say. When a company is as big as Google, shit like this is a possibility. I hardly think it’s actually interfering. Let’s face it, Trump is so divisive he already has his supporters and haters.

The election will be who comes out the most to vote.

[exitseven]

It has lo g known that Google and other social media platforms use algorithms that suppress conservatives Trump will let them decide if they want to be common carriers or they can be news outlets. They can't be both

[RedInnocent69]

A proprietary algorithm, by a private company. Sounds like the Trumpty Dumbties are being whiny snowflakes, or dare I say, Commies!

[normalice]

No, auto complete is based on trends. Google has no obligation to shove republicans shooting at each other in everyone else's faces.

[DextroShade]

Just like when they censored the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020.

[gorydetails]

100% it is election interference. Google is trash.

[dustybiker2]

Even google ignored the ruse. Hilarious.

[Dargil]

Yes but google has clever corrupt lawyers.

[FunkyMonkee]

I don't have a clue! What's autocomplete?

[Evamee]

This is a no for sure

[DrPepper12]

If libs of TT is your source its instantly sus