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A bombshell report from the Media Research Center has asserted that tech giant Google has interfered with U.S. elections 41 times over the past 16 years, describing the alleged interference as “election meddling.”
Per their report, Google has allegedly used its influence and power to “help push the most liberal candidates to electoral victory while targeting their opponents.”
They cited data that was organized by MRC “Free Speech America researchers,” tracing the interference back to 2008 and all the way to February 2024 during this current election cycle.
The report further alleged that Google turned up the heat on its “election interference” apparatus after Democrats “took a devastating loss in the 2016 election…”
They explained:
“After Donald Trump became president, the tech behemoth’s election interference went from making an appearance every four years to rearing its ugly head every two years. Each time it attempted to dismiss the issue and downplay its nefarious actions. But when viewed together as a historical whole, Google’s election interference has been consistent and has only grown more and more expansive.”
MRC provided a list of some of its most prominent findings, which included the following allegations:
- Google attempted to use its algorithm and partners in the media to protect Hillary Clinton and boost her campaign in 2016,
- Google showed “significant pro-liberal bias” in the 2018 election cycle,
- Google “endorsed the radical, young Sen. Obama and censored support for Sen. Clinton” in 2008,
- Google censored candidates in the 2022 midterm election season, including then-Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, and allowed a 20 to 1 disparity against linking to conservative-leaning outlets compared to left-leaning outlets,
- Google is “already” interfering in the 2024 presidential election cycle. MRC says it has found evidence that Google “buried the campaign websites for every significant opponent of incumbent President Joe Biden.”
According to Fox News, Google has claimed in response to these allegations that it has a “clear business incentive” to make sure both sides of the political aisle are happy. Not everyone agrees, however.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who has become one of the most vocal critics against leftwing extremism, illegal immigration, and Big Tech censorship, noted that Google’s actions were “to be expected” when the company is deluged with leftist employees.
He wrote in response to the news, “This article understates the magnitude of the problem – Google interferes to help Democrats thousands of times every election season! This is to be expected when their censorship (aka ‘Trust & Safety’) teams are have[sic] far left political views.”