Republican nominee Donald Trump bashed Google and labelled the tech marvel to be biased in terms of illustrating the current political status quo and has laid blame on it for "suppressing" bad news of his rival, Hilary Clinton.
While shedding light on the poll numbers at a rally made in Wisconsin, Donald Trump casually alleged Google, the largest search engine, of orchestrating and maneuvering the search results in favor of his Democratic opponent, Hilary Clinton.
During the Sep. 28 rally at the Waukesha County Expo Centre, Trump said Google had a major role in shaping his political campaign.
"The Google poll had us leading Hillary by two points nationwide," said Trump.
"And that's despite the fact Google's search engine was suppressing the bad news about Hillary Clinton, how about that? How about that?"
As the presidential race is finally on the brink, the pressure is getting out of hands. He has openly accused Google of both strengthening and undermining his potential as the presidential candidate.
Trump maintained, after mentioning Google Polls that he was taking the lead at the Monday night's first Presidential address, "despite the fact that Google's search engine was suppressing the bad news about Hillary Clinton," claims Petra.
Executive chairman Eric Schmidt clearly maintained that the company's goal is to stay neutral and unbiased through all the political processes.
"Claims to the contrary simply misunderstand how Autocomplete works. Our Autocomplete algorithm will not show a predicted query that is offensive or disparaging when displayed in conjunction with a person's name. More generally, our autocomplete predictions are produced based on a number of factors including the popularity of search terms," said the statement.
This is not the first time Trump has been seen involved in accusing Google. He previously did so in June 2016. Google, however debunked it thoroughly, adding "Google Autocomplete does not favor any candidate or cause. Claims to the contrary simply misunderstand how Autocomplete works."
Google does not own a poll. However, Trump is referring to the Google Consumer Survey, conducted by the IJR (Independent Journal Review), which is not a scientific poll and does not in any way, reflects the candidates standing in the political domain.
