On his social network, Truth Social, Donald Trump indicated that he will sue Google if he wins the presidential election. The former president and Republican candidate accuses the American firm of favoring Kamala Harris to his detriment.
After Facebook and Twitter, it is Google’s turn to be in Donald Trump’s sights. The Republican candidate for the White House has threatened to sue the Web giant in the event of victory on November 5.
In a publication on his social network Truth Social, the former American president accused the technology group of highlighting articles unfavorable to him for the benefit of Kamala Harris, the vice-president and candidate of the Democratic camp.
“It was established that Google illegally used a system to only offer posts negative for Donald J. Trump, some invented for the occasion. At the same time, Google only presents positive things about comrade Kamala Harris,” he wrote, using the nickname used to call the Democratic candidate a communist.
Google denies Donald Trump’s accusations
Donald Trump relies on a study published by the Media Research Center observatory, close to the Republican camp, which indicated that the search for “Donald Trump presidential race 2024” only brought up the candidate’s official website in sixth position. . Far behind articles from the New York Times and the Washington Post, described as “contemptuous” against Donald Trump.
For its part, Google claimed that the official sites of the two candidates appeared most of the time at the top of the results for an ordinary search on the election, believing that this was not the case for the query used by the MRC.
“We absolutely do not manipulate the results in favor of any candidate,” assured the Californian company, while Donald Trump called on the Department of Justice to take up the matter, failing which he promised to do so. do it himself.
