Google repeatedly misled voters about search results during the 2020 election, a new report alleges.
The report, published by the University of North Carolina’s Center on Technology Policy, found that Google’s search results often favored President Donald Trump over his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, and that Google made it difficult for users to find information about Biden’s policies.
The report’s authors argue that these practices violated Google’s own policies against political bias and that they may have influenced the outcome of the election.
The allegations in the report are based on a review of Google search results for election-related terms during the 2020 campaign. The authors found that Google’s search results often included more positive information about Trump than Biden, and that Google often ranked negative information about Biden higher in its search results than positive information.
The report also found that Google made it difficult for users to find information about Biden’s policies. For example, the authors found that Google often ranked search results for Biden’s policies lower than search results for Trump’s policies.
The authors argue that these practices violated Google’s own policies against political bias. Google’s policies state that the company will not .
