Ars Technica reports:
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said he is investigating Google, claiming that the tech giant censors conservative speech and manipulated search results about Donald Trump.
The New York Post quoted a Bailey spokesperson saying that “evidence has come to light that Google is deemphasizing conservative speech or content—such as putting conservative reporting on Page 11 rather than Page 1—by manipulating search results.”
Bailey told Fox Business that “we have reason to believe that Google is manipulating their search results to deemphasize information about the Trump campaign prior to Election Day.” Google denied Bailey’s claims about its search results. “These claims are totally false,” Google said in a statement provided to Ars today.
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Bailey last appeared here when a judge blocked his attempt to investigate critics of Elon Musk. Before that, he appeared here when he lost his bid to delay Trump’s sentencing – something that later happened anyway.
Bailey was appointed attorney general in 2022 by Gov. Mike Parsons when his predecessor Eric Schmitt was elected to the US Senate. He’s currently +13 in his first election bid.
🚨BREAKING: I am launching an investigation into Google – the biggest search engine in America – for censoring conservative speech during the most consequential election in our nation’s history.
Google is waging war on the democratic process.
It’s time to fight back.
— Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) October 25, 2024