Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) announced on Wednesday that he is launching an investigation into Google after reports indicating that the search engine giant suppressed information about the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Reports surfaced late last week from multiple sources, showing that Google’s auto-populate feature did not show the shooting of the former president, which raised questions about whether this was done deliberately to suppress information on the incident.
Google denied the accusations arguing that it was not a deliberate effort to hide this information. However, Marshall does not appear to be persuaded by the company’s protestation. In a letter sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the lawmaker called the development “yet another example of censorship against conservative voices and violates the intent of Section 230.”
Marshall argued that “[o]mitting suggestions to the most obvious and recent victim of an assassination attempt shows a willful discrimination against President Trump and users of your search engine.” […]
— Read More: redstate.com
