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The Trump administration is "taking a look" at whether Google and its search engine should be regulated by the government, Larry Kudlow, President Trump's economic adviser, said Tuesday outside the White House.
"We'll let you know," Kudlow said. "We're taking a look at it."
The announcement puts the search giant squarely in the White House's crosshairs amid wider allegations against the tech industry that it systematically discriminates against conservatives on social media and other platforms.
Kudlow's remark to reporters came hours after Trump fired off a series of predawn tweets complaining about Google search results for "Trump News."
[...] Google, in a statement, said its searches aren't politically biased: "When users type queries into the Google Search bar, our goal is to make sure they receive the most relevant answers in a matter of seconds. Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don't bias our results toward any political ideology.
"Every year, we issue hundreds of improvements to our algorithms to ensure they surface high-quality content in response to users' queries," Google said. "We continually work to improve Google Search and we never rank search results to manipulate political sentiment."
The White House has not responded to requests for further comment.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @01:19AM (5 children)
"The population not being able to think clearly is a critical part of any socialist nation."
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Mein Herr, ziss hass already been accomplished.
The United States has been a leader in foggy thinking for decades.
Ergo, vodka is not required, though some pharmaceutical cocaine would be quite nice.
(Score: 4, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 29 2018, @01:22AM (4 children)
I'm not sharing my Adderall. Get your own.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @01:32AM (3 children)
Is that Adderall shit any good ?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 29 2018, @01:41AM (2 children)
It's two medical grade amphetamine salts in one pill. Pretty enjoyable if only used occasionally and you don't have heart or blood pressure issues. If you take it daily as an ADHD treatment, it just wakes you up a little faster without any high at all.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @08:13PM (1 child)
So you are a meth head or close enough. So many things explained.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 29 2018, @09:18PM
Cheaper, cleaner, legal, and has a hydrogen atom's worth of difference. Plus I don't appear to be able to become addicted to it, only tolerant. I'll club a baby seal for my first cup of coffee and cigarette of the day but the only times I've even thought "gee, it sure would be nice to have an Adderall," was during the night stretches of eight plus hour drives.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.