Whoever controls Google search, Facebook and Twitter feeds controls the election. Politicians already realized that, and Facebook got the taste of what is coming. Once there is more unity in the office, congress and senate, they will return to dismembering FB, Google, Twitter and friends.
I worked at Google at the time of election. Google essentially manipulated search results by showing instant answer cards about Hilary’s campaign and not showing them about Trump’s. VP of my division expressed support for Hilary in division-wide email. They say Zuckerberg has political ambitions. Things like this, apart from being unethical, will not be tolerated in Washington for obvious reasons.
If your thesis is that Google might control the election, and your proof is that they put their thumb on the scale for Hillary in 2016... well, let's just say I don't find that a particularly compelling argument.
It’s one thing to have power and another one is to exercise it. Back then Google actually claimed to “provide equal access”, but instant answers is just visible and minor example where they slipped. But they will be dismembered by politicians not because they ever manipulated results, but because they can.
BTW, notice downvotes coming in. Why parent comment is being downvoted? Does it present incorrect facts? Does it advance implausible theory not worthy of discussion?
Since you say you worked at Google, are you willing to put your money where your mouth is and prove that they manipulated search results to benefit one campaign over another? That could run afoul of election laws, so I hope you realize you have a legal duty to report that thing. Publicly.
Well, you need to acquire video of TGIF meeting from 2016 dedicated to search support for election. In question and answer section one of employees asks why for many questions instant answer card is shown for Hilary and for same question not shown for Trump.
As for division-wide email from Senior VP declaring preference for specific election outcome (you don’t need to go to Standford to guess which one), I actually tried to look it up some time ago, but it was wiped-out since Google smartly deletes all internal emails older than 6 months specifically to avoid this kind of embarrassment.
I'm asking you, directly, for evidence. Since you claimed to have worked at Google during this time, you directly made the claim that implies you saw this occur with your own eyes.
I worked there when this happened and this is what they said: Google went to both Hillary and Trump campaigns and asked both of them for cards to display when searching for them. Hillary's campaign gave them cards, Trumps campaign didn't respond. Therefore there was no discrimination.
So you are saying that search results were manipulated (cards were added) inequitably (added for one campaign and not other). Notice that is doesn’t matter why it happened. End result is the same: campaigns were inequitably represented in search results.
I worked at Google at the time of election. Google essentially manipulated search results by showing instant answer cards about Hilary’s campaign and not showing them about Trump’s. VP of my division expressed support for Hilary in division-wide email. They say Zuckerberg has political ambitions. Things like this, apart from being unethical, will not be tolerated in Washington for obvious reasons.