Monday, July 29, 2024

"No Manual Action Taken": Google Responds To Assassination Autocomplete Controversy

Google has responded to the uproar on X regarding potential election interference and information warfare against former President Donald Trump.

"We've got protections in place against Autocomplete predictions associated with political violence, which is normally a good thing. That said, we're working on improvements to ensure our systems are more up to date. Regardless of what Autocomplete shows, you can always search for whatever you want to and we'll provide access to the info available, including about this horrific incident," Google wrote on X. Some context here: We've got protections in place against Autocomplete predictions associated with political violence, which is normally a good thing.

A Google spokesperson told The New York Post that no "Manual action was taken on these predictions," and its algos include "Protections" against autocomplete predictions "Associated with political violence."

Google users searching for the attempted assassination of former President Trump were miffed when the desired results failed to populate on the search engine.

Screenshots from Google instead showed recommended search results of the failed assassination of Ronald Reagan and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, whose death sparked World War I, the shooting of Bob Marley and the failed attempt on former President Ford.

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

Maybe it's time for the tech billionaires who support Trump to introduce a rival search engine to Google. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/election-interference-google-omits-autocomplete-search-results-failed-trump

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