The Media Research center released a report, published Monday by Fox News Digital, which demonstrates that Google has “interfered” in U.S. elections dozens of times since 2008. Specifically, “researchers at the center identified 41 times over the past 16 years where Google interfered in elections, a claim which the tech platform has strongly denied” reports Just the News.
“In every case, Google harmed the candidates–regardless of party–who threatened its left-wing candidate of choice,” the report states. One example is in 2008, Google “allied itself” with then-candidate Barack Obama and censored bloggers supporting then-candidate Hillary Clinton, per the report.
In 2012, Google’s algorithm negatively impacting Senator Rick Santorum, the leading GOP primary candidate, according to the researchers. Google’s interference also extended to “every federal election cycle since 2016, and it’s already impacting the 2024 election”, the report states.
Researchers recommended House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to direct committees to investigate the platform and for Americans to “stop using Google products, particularly Google Search and instead opt for one of the many alternatives.”
Just the News notes Google has denied the report’s findings: “There is absolutely nothing new here – just a recycled list of baseless, inaccurate complaints that have been debunked by third parties and many that failed in the courts,” a spokesperson for the company said. “We have a clear business incentive to keep everyone using our products, so we have no desire to make them biased or inaccurate and have safeguards in place to ensure this.”
