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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @09:08AM (6 children)
While the left use Libertarian arguments to justify Google's actions?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @10:09AM (5 children)
News to me. Closest ive seen around here is schadenfreude with libertarians and conseevatives suddenly angry about a corporation doing whatever it wants with its own services.
Bunch of lilly livered rats trying to project your own inadequacies.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @03:25PM (4 children)
Until a right wing company decides to ban transsexuals, Muslims and fatties? If it's okay to discriminate, why don't we repeal the civil rights act while we're at it?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @05:04PM (3 children)
Im not arguing that point genius, simply pointing out the massive hypocrisy going on in here. You Truh mpettes are nuttier than my sack.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 29 2018, @05:43PM (2 children)
Should have went with a higher bar. No proggie sack has ever caused anyone to reach for their EpiPen.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @05:51PM (1 child)
Just goes to show the genetic superiority of progressives. You cuck boys on the other hand are so toxic you cause everyone in the immediate area to swell up and asphyxiate.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 29 2018, @09:22PM
That's not toxicity, that's the cloud of Awesomeness particles that follow us around. Pansy little prog betas can't handle those concentrations because they've never experienced Awesomeness in their entire lives.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.